>From: panderry mbai <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] >Subject: YET ANOTHER FAILED REVOLUTION CELEBRATIONS-PART TWO!!!!! >Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:13:59 +0100 (BST) > >Ruling APRC big wigs will tell you that if the military had not toppled >the PPP regime in July of 1994, Gambians would have taken arms against the >democratically elected government of Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, founding >father of Gambia's independence. What an interesting revelations. >Civilians taking arms against Jawara's regime? Toppling Jawara for what >reasons? Having another 1981 rebellion? > >JAMMEH NOT READY THE FALLEN SABALLY SHOULD >TO STEP DOWN NOW ALSO FACE JUSTICE ONE DAY >Such misplaced statements are well documented. Their arguments are >premised on two grounds. One, they argued that there was growing >discontent among the civil populace at the time. Second, the APRC junta >led by dictator Yahya Jammeh said corruption and nepotism was the order of >the day under Jawara's era. They advanced all types of arguments to >justify their unconstitutional move to topple the PPP government. > > The situation is the reversed today. There is growing discontent >among the populace under Yahya and there is no indication that the current >mess perpetrated by the Kanilai so called "mansa" will change for the >better. > >We have more unemployed youths today in The Gambia for the first time in >our nation's history. We are also witnessing more economic crisis and >prostitution under Yahya's watch. Due to increasing poverty HIV/aids is >on the rise. A recent findings released in The Gambia by HIV/aids >researchers indicate that over 15,000 of the population are now living with >the virus. With a population of less than 4 million people, such >findings is indeed a worrying. We are being told by aids experts that >if urgent action is not taken to tackle this pandemic the nation's future > is gloomy. This was not the type of Gambia, we all anticipated when the >"kaki" boys came in July of 1994. > >Jammeh is on record for having said that "this is a military government >with a difference" Indeed, since he Yahya had robbed Gambians in a span of >11 years. He had risen from "poverty stricken military lieutenant to the >position of the most richest president in Africa". Prior to the July 22ND >coup Jammeh did not own a car not to talk of a landed property. But >today, we are hearing about his Morocco villas and Kanilai Manson. >It's reported that he had erected an under ground house in Kanilai. >This reminds me about the Liberian executive Manson. Where is dictator >Charles Taylor today? With all his might and wealth, he was forced to >leave the executive Manson. He is today a refugee in Nigeria, while >awaiting his fate at the UN court in Sierra Leone. Yahya Jammeh needs to >wake up from his slumber and stop messing with our country. A day will >come, you must be accounted for your evil deeds. Go ahead with your >tyrannical policies, justice will one day be > meted out to you and your corrupt government. > >Under Yahya's 11 year rule, Gambians had been exposed to all forms of >terror ranging, from abduction, false arrest, torture and extra judicial >killings. The records are there to speak for its self. > >Our country is today at cross roads. There is no indications to suggest >that Yahya Jammeh will step down from power honourably. He is ready for >the worst to maintain the office of the presidency. Reading his >statement on the sacking of the IEC chairman, Jammeh is telling Gambians >that he is ready to crush anybody who is bent on "disturbing the peace" of >the country. I'm compelled to ask this question. Who is disturbing >Gambia's peace today? There is no person disturbing our cherished peace >other than Yahya Jammeh. His past statements to bury his critics six feet >deep are well document. Also his statement that "most of his critics >making noise will not be a living witnesses of the 2006 election are also >widely documented". > >Gambians should stand up be counted against the maladministration taking >place in our country today. We owe it to the future generation to engage >the Jammeh dictatorship. It's incumbent upon any son of the soil to speak >out against such an illegitimate and undemocratic government. Gambians >should also depart from the culture of silence and advocate for politics of >peaceful demonstrations to vent their anger against the current state of >affairs. The opposition and civil society groups must take the lead in >this patriotic move. The struggle for the restoration of democracy in The >Gambia should continue no matter what come our way. We owe it to our >sons and daughters to defend our constitution, which had been reduced to >toilet paper by the the Ruling APRC government. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- >Does your mail provider give you access to messages sent to other POP email >accounts, like your work account? Get Yahoo! Mail _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい