I find the Yankuba strategy or should I say unscrupulous tactics rather disburbing. I just wonder how Ebou Jallow and Co have to say about such outrageous attempt to manipulate honest and intelligent people of The Gambia. >From: Halima Sukuna <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: A very interesting race in Jarra- APRC vs PPP (aka NADD) >Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 06:17:31 -0700 > >Now here has got to be a new one for the books of universal politics....... >a known criminal (found guilty of corruption) telling folks that one >reason to vote for the APRC is so that a locked up criminal can be released >from prison by the ultimate criminal. Don't you just love this campaign >angle for the APRC candidate? I see now why they needed this Yanks >character so badly. He can probably look pretty damn serious when he is >talking pure BS. > >Chris > >Ebou Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Race for Jarra West seat gets hotter > > > >Written by Lamin M Dibba > > >Monday, 26 September 2005 Yankuba Touray, the national mobiliser of the >APRC and secretary of state for Agriculture, has urged the people of >Karantaba, Jarra West, to vote for the APRC candidate, Musa Saidykhan if >they want President Jammeh to free Baba Jobe from his 8yrs 9 months prison >sentence. >Speaking at a political rally at the village, home of the jailed former >National Assembly member, Touray said there are only two ways to secure >Jobe’s release. “One, the court of appeals and the other, a prerogative of >mercy by the President. You guys would do him a great favour by voting for >the APRC,’’ he told the villagers. > >Touray reminded the people of Karanraba that when Baba Jobe was in the >National Assembly, the people of surrounding villages like SI- kunda, >Sankwia and Toniataba never voted for him. “Why should the people of >Karantaba, the birth place of APRC in Jarra West, vote for the opposition?” >he asked the villagers. > >He challenged the Jarra people to follow the right course and chart a new >political life for themselves. “If the people of Jarra West want Baba Jobe >to be freed and more development and prosperity to come to them, they >should vote for Musa Saidykhan who can pave that way[for them],’’ he >concluded. > >Meanwhile , the opposition coalition NADD has also hit the campaign trail >in Jarra West Constituency. Our reporter caught up with their convoy at >Pakalinding where a rally was organised. >Landing Jallow Sonko, a former minister in the PPP regime, addressed the >meeting with calls for the re-elction of Kemeseng Jammeh whom he described >as a great defender of truth. “You are highly respected by all and I have >no doubt that you will maintain your reputation and support Kemeseng to >salvage Jarra West,’’ he told the people of Jarra West. > >Lamin Dibba, a prominent Badibou politician, urged the people to vote for >Kemeseng. >For his part, Nadd Kemeseng Jammeh said the people of Jarra are no fools to >vote for the APRC candidate. “Jarrankas will always demonstrate their love >for Nadd and come September 29 they will prove it,’’ he said > >Last Updated ( Sunday, 25 September 2005 ) > > > >--------------------------------- >Yahoo! for Good >Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. > >¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ >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] >¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? 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