LJ, As a young Gambian, the interview accorded me an opportunity to examine MK Jallow's past contributions to Gambian society. It has been very revealing and educative. One thing i find puzzling is the fact that Mathew couldn't find any African leader present who deserves his approval. That is sad for our continent. Many will query that posture though. Another aspect of the interview is the bold claims of Mathew in terms of Education, Experience, and determination to lead Gambia. I quote "From the educational and experience point of view, no Head of State in an Africa country can match me in terms of education, experience and readiness combined. In fact, I can say, all around the world, no president is better prepared than I am. I am not conceited. I am being truthful" Mathew. This is a very critical statement. Leaders like Professor Yaradouer of Nigeria comes to mind, Liberia's Elen Johnson, Ghana's new president, Kebaki of Kenya, Mugabe of Zimbabwe and many more very educated current African serving president. To youths like myself. The bar raised by Mathew may be too high to reached. I hope Masoud, Galleh, Dr Ceesay, Dr Jaiteh, Dr Jeng, LJ, Joe etc continue once in a while to enlighten us here and else where in gaining valuable life experiences. It will be interesting if someone can tell us whether the Sierra Leonian courts have jurisdiction to try Yahya should the opportunity arises. I thank Mathew for telling us all a bit about himself. His ambitions for the Gambia seems noble and patriotic, to enhance the Democratic process, more participants are needed. Suntou --- On Tue, 3/3/09, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Subject: QUOTE OF THE MONTH To: [log in to unmask] Date: Tuesday, 3 March, 2009, 12:31 PM "Within the coming weeks, I will announce the formation of an organization dedicated to removing Yahya Jammeh. After Jammeh is removed, this organization will morph into a political party, but until then we will do whatever is necessary to remove Yahya Jammeh and either run him out of the country, or we will capture him and hand him over to the Sierra Leone or The Hague Courts.  ... I don’t know if I will ever lead it or be a part of its leadership, but today, there is no Gambian both at home and abroad who is better prepared than me to run the government of our country. But, whether the Gambian people will give me the opportunity to do is another matter. But, there is nothing I would love to do more than to truly help transform our country into an oasis of development and prosperity in the midst of failed regimes and wasted African governments. From the educational and experience point of view, no Head of State in an Africa country can match me in terms of education, experience and readiness combined. In fact, I can say, all around the world, no president is better prepared than I am. I am not conceited. I am being truthful"                  Mathew K Jallow, 27 February 2009, in an interview with The Gambia Echo    Forumites  Mathew K Jallow's talk with The Gambia Echo both excites and illuminates.  I highly recommend the entire interview for all watchers of our political space.      LJDarbo  ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤