Haruna, If any our sympathy should be to the people of La Guinee for what looks like a double-down of pirates and hijackers in control of their lives all over again. Malanding Haruna Darbo wrote: > We mourn the passing of General Lansana Conte', second president of La > Guinea since independence. May Allah forgive him and may the Almighty > guide Guineans with his infinite wisdom. > > General Lansana's passing before legislative elections in La Guinea is > the flux that La Guinea cannot afford. I am confident when Prime > minister Soare' yielded to demands for legislative elections last > week, this was weighing heavily on his mind and that of the military. > Now it is inevitable that the two elections must be held at the same > time and it will not be pretty. However, I think La Guinea can weather > the storm. She will need help from neighbours Mali, Senegal, Ivory > Coast, Burkina Faso, SierraLeone, Liberia, and Guinea Bissau, and her > development partners during these tenuous times. > > I encourage the military to stand firm and dispel rumours of > gratuitous coups. They must not allow rag-tag outfits to hijack La > Guinea's future once more. Opposition parties and trades unions must > also be wary of these marauding bands of hopeless infantrymen. A > military coup is not in the interest of opposition parties, trades > unions, students, and or La Guinea's development partners. > > It goes without saying that the mining contracts signed by General > Conte' for both RIO Tinto and Benny Steimetz are null and void. I am > sure the two mining concerns understand that and that they will have > to be re-negotiated by the newly elected government of La Guinea. I am > very disappointed at the World Bank for the unwise decision to > underwrite the Rio Tinto deal and equally disappointed at General > Conte's brother-in-law for his part in encumbering La Guinea with BSG. > > It is now a matter of necessity to complete expeditious elections, > both legislative and Presidential, funds or no funds. It will be > difficult because the PUP has convinced itself that the logistics and > funds were not available for the legislative elections and they > encumbered themselves with a cockamayme biometric system. Now > the military must assist in ensuring free and fair elections in the > shortest span of time. It will be wise to seek additional military > support from Mali, Senegal, the Ivory Coast, and perhaps Nigeria, to > maintain the peace and order while La Guinea's military gets to work > on the elections. All hands on deck. > > Haruna. > > > 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://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.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 > 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://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.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