Haruna I understood you well. I believe for good or bad, Essay Sey made those statements out his personal judgement. You or me cannot make Essa say anything. He has made those remarks out of his free will. Therefore, Buharry should address his query to Essa and the Freedom directly and then we can as usual discuss it. My further statements whether you find them relevant or not is not an issue. We are all sharing what we deem Essa should do in redressing an apparent wrong. I am not looking at the subject as you are, and I hope every single opinion is given a chance for the sake of public good. My call is, let the complainant direct his call to Essa courtesy of the Freedom news paper, that way, Essa will have no option but to address the issue. Suntou On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Suntou my friend, let's focus for a minute. > > I am not interested in Ambassador Sey or Freedomnewspaper's opinion of > Buharry and or the Raaki Network. That is not the issue at hand and that is > not criminal. > > I speak to the allegation that Buharry and or Raaki is on the payroll of > Yahya and his gang. Buharry has shared that that is NOT TRUE. Barring any > evidence to the contrary, it tantamounts to inuring false agency for Buharry > and or the Raaki network. Ambassador Sey is therefore encouraged to > apologise for that error or it will transmogrify into malicious slander. I > am not encouraging Ambassador Sey to apologise for his opinion on Buharry or > the Raaki network. > > On the general issue of propaganda, every and anyone is free to engage in > propaganda for Yahya, GRTS, human rights, democracy, socialism, communism, > or agriculture. That is not a crime. You may see certain issues as evil but > that does not make them evil or warrant another seeing them as evil. Buharry > is free to share OR NOT SHARE the evil of Yahya. That does not have anything > to do with Ambassador Sey apologising for any crime he comits against > Buharry, Raaki, Suntou, Yahya, or Other. > > I hope I have further clarified my position and the issue at hand Suntou. > Thanks for your concerns and I understand your chagrins variously. > > Haruna. > -----Original Message----- > From: suntou touray <[log in to unmask]> > To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tue, Jun 1, 2010 6:06 am > Subject: Re: Raaki.con, GRTS and the Gambia Government > > Haruna, if may add a little observation. Did Buharry contacted the > editor and proprietor of the freedom news paper for redress? If he does, > then I believe one can expect result, however if the hope is that, > complaining about the matter here will lead to the freedom taking action, > then the matter may not be resolve quicker. > I will beg to defer in that, each media outlet must expect Gambians to view > and see their actions in ways they are comfortable with. This is the end > result of a democratic system. It is democratic also for Essa to be > suspicious of the ways Raaki has been promoting issues of lesser iterest to > human rights advocates whilst tentatively promoting items deem > pro-government propaganda. > > It is at this juncture an unpalatable thing to say, but Essa is not on his > own in seeing the actions of Buharry of late as a systematic pseudo APRC > propagandist. I am not saying this is the case, however, if all his recent > exposure of the photos from the Gambia and the new propaganda portal etc, > one has to ask when will the Raaki owner also provide us materials that will > expose the GREATER EVIL in the Jammeh administration. > Propaganda is in many different ways. We all know the GRTS is nothing but a > mouth piece and the genuine item of Hitlers news reel. > To this end, certain Gambians are uneasy with Buharry's new strategy, and > if folks should see things contrary to his liking, that is democracy also. > Essa Sey may have been on the wrong side of the fence, but he has done a > lot more in correcting his ways. The current spat shouldn't take anything > away from his regular contributions. I am sure, Essa is big enough to say to > Buharry, I withdrew my comments, however, he can maintain the fact that, > Raaki's enhancement of GRTS's propaganda is a legitimate subject to query. > This is not the popular thing to say right now, seeing Buharry's friend > queuing to defend him, but it is a point of departure. > I hope the Editor at freedom can run a message withdrawing the statement > against Raaki, since with all the evils not broadcast by the GRTS, Buharry > has the right to air what he wish on his website. And also there are > selective programs on GRTS that folks can enjoy with watching any APRC > propaganda, e.g cultural programs for instance. > Suntou > > On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> Buharry, >> >> I join you in encouraging former Ambassador Essa Sey to use the >> Freedomnewspaper platform and issue a public apology to you and the Raaki >> network. It is not healthy nor is it productive to issue innuendo and >> slander to inure egregious association and tarnish. It is counterproductive >> and criminal. WHen brought to one's attention that it is inaccurate and >> potentially malignant, it is honourable to apologise. The alternative to >> voluntary apology is legal suit for redress. >> >> The internet is a medium of communication not a conduit for gratuitous >> slander and libel. Those are crimes. >> >> Haruna. It will probably take one lawsuit filed by an aggrieved to stem >> the tide of Gambian charlatanry. I am terribly disappointed with Ambassador >> Sey. He generally strives to bear on fact and experience. I therefore hope >> he issues an apology in this matter. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: M. Gassama <[log in to unmask]> >> To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Sun, May 30, 2010 4:36 pm >> Subject: Raaki.con, GRTS and the Gambia Government >> >> Hi! >> My attention was brought to an interview on Freedom Newspaper?s radio >> (http://www.box.net/shared/h750egpg0j >> by Essa Sey. In the interview, Essa intimated and insinuated that >> Raaki TV is owned by or fronts for the Gambia Government. I want to >> categorically and unequivocally put it to Mr. Sey that his statements >> regarding Raaki are baseless and false. I further call on him to use >> the same medium he used to utter those words to take them back and >> apologise to Raaki.com and those behind it. I will not front for >> anybody. If I wanted to declare my support for the government, I will >> not hide behind rebroadcasting GRTS material nor will I let myself be >> used. I am sovereign citizen with inalienable rights that include the >> right to support anyone or any party I like. I am providing Raaki as a >> public service without expecting a butut in return. >> Raaki is owned and run by me with the help of my wife. I started Raaki >> on 14th. January 2005 when I believe, Essa was working for the Gambia >> Government. Version 2 was launched on 22nd. November 2006. Version 3 is >> still not ready but some aspects of it including the GRTS page have >> been launched. Raaki is named after my daughter who was named after my >> grandmother, a Fula. Raaki is the Fula version of Rohey. The site has >> since its inception been completely funded by me. I have never received >> a butut from any government be it the Gambian, Swedish, American, >> Chinese, Japanese or any other. I have never received a butut from any >> agency or individual towards the maintenance of the site. In fact, >> suggestions have been made many, many times for me to charge a fee to >> recover some of the costs involved and compensate for the time put into >> the effort but I have said no. I don?t even accept advertisements or >> use Google Ads on Raaki even though the site has over 1500 unique >> visitors per day. >> The motivation for starting Raaki was the fact that Gambian media >> online was relatively non-existent at the time and the fact that >> Gambian culture and cultural practitioners were much underrepresented >> online. I therefore started the first live Gambian online radio and TV >> to provide Gambians with Gambian material. Due to the bandwidth >> problems especially those associated with video, I discontinued the >> live video broadcasts and instead put the videos online whilst the live >> radio broadcasts continued. I used to record GRTS when I visited Gambia >> or ask family and friends to record for me and I encode and make them >> available online. When GRTS went on satellite and the opportunity to >> get the broadcasts in real-time, I decided to record material for >> rebroadcast daily. >> I believe Mr. Sey, that you are on one of the mailing lists and will >> read this. I put it to you that you have erred big time. My motivation >> for creating Raaki was not to be used by or front for anybody, >> government or agency but to offer Gambians abroad the opportunity to >> access Gambian material and promote Gambian culture. I hope you get >> facts straight before making pronouncements. Pa Nderry tried on several >> occasions to correct you but you kept on. I love The Gambia and will >> continue to promote it, its culture and its people distractions >> notwithstanding. GRTS happens to be the only tv station from Gambia. If >> there were other stations broadcasting from Gambia, I will broadcast >> material from them. I feel gratified and happy that Raaki has inspired >> and resulted in the proliferation of sites that promote Gambian culture >> and music. 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