Suntou, thanks for this forward and bravo to Shyngle Nyassi and the UDP for speaking out on the criminal activities of Yaya Jammeh.  If others add their voices on every criminal activity in the country by Yaya, Gambians will begin to regain their confidence with the opposition.  Enough with educating this criminal and for more challenge on his criminal behavior.  This voice out should not stop with Shyngle alone.  Other opposition party leaders should come out and expose this criminal.  This business of operating on a higher level of thinking or higher ground will never phase Yaya.  The opposition must know the mind of the Gambian electorate.  Embarking on trying to educate Yaya is not only seen as weak by the electorate, but one will not be taken seriously.  Folks want to see their leaders demonstrate resiliency and to make a loud noise with any criminal behavior by Yaya.  When folks see their leaders taking on the criminal on, that will energize the regular Joe to also begin to take interest in the discussion and before you know it a critical mass is built.  I hope the usual posture is not taken by others to call themselves having a dialogue with a criminal who sits in Kanilai laughing at his educators.  It is to the best interest of the opposition to be in the habit of being current with Yaya's criminal activities and to stop the endless calculations.  If you are not sure whether and issue is real or imagined, take your clue from the Government.  If they would not address it at all or reasonably within 48 hours, the Propaganda Secretaries / Campaign Strategies must come out and begin to inquire loudly until the matter is put to rest.  By inquiring, you are not accusing them, but demanding that they respond to the allegations. The opposition has everything to loose staying silent.  They should be in the face of Gambians everyday and be the hardest working opposition in the history of our Republic.  However, this business of waiting until months before an election will fetch them nothing.  You spent sixteen years speaking from higher ground, educating, quoting the constitution and you have not remotely inconvenienced the Dix in his burrow.  Now, just try pouring hot water or smoking him out and tell me if you will not see "Scatter" very quickly, as my Nigerian friends will joke.  That is politics 101 and none should be telling the opposition this fundamental and elementary strategy.  Folks, contrary to the fear that Yaya will do this and that if the opposition rise up, Yaya will do nothing but be on his heels when the opposition rises up.  It is lack of leadership that makes that fear real.  There are more horrible things going on in that country within the population that this government cannot do zilch about.  Couple of years ago a Senegalese Army convoy drove all the way from Casamance to Tefes before these underachievers realize what was upon them.  Nyassi, keep making your voice heard and that is what the people expect from your ranks.  If the opposition keep with the business of the people they will see the results.  If the stats suggest that sixty percent of Gambians are functionally illiterate or do not have formal education, one must use the language they understand to get them on your side.  If even Yaya and Momodou Pica Jallow understand that, why not the seemingly intelligent among us?  

Joe 

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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:56:40 +0000
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Subject: UDP's Syngle Nyassi speaks... Why cut ties with Iran during potential arms investigation? Nyassi enquires.. Thanks to Pa
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Breaking News: Gambia: Gambian Politician Alleges that President Jammeh Owns Intercepted Iranian Arms! Gambian Politician alleges that President Jammeh Owns Intercepted Iranian Arms! As Nyassi Calls On The UN Security Council To Take Drastic Actions Against Jammeh By Pa Nderry M’Bai Email: [log in to unmask] Tel: 919-749-6319 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              919-749-6319      end_of_the_skype_highlighting A leading Gambian politician Momodou Lamin Syngle Nyassi says the intercepted arms in Nigeria belongs to President Yahya Jammeh—charging that Mr. Jammeh has long been engaged in arms trafficking in the region.  Mr. Nyassi said Mr. Jammeh owns the Kanilai Farms, in which the intercepted arms, and building materials onboard the ship were addressed to. “ President Jammeh owns the arms. He is the owner of Kanilai Farms. He uses the Kanilai Farms to import building materials, arms, and other materials for his business.  I am convinced that President Jammeh owns the arms,” Mr. Nyassi alleged during an interview with  Freedom Radio Tuesday morning. Mr. Nyassi, who is a longtime critic of President Jammeh, and his administration accuses Mr. Jammeh of acting in concert with Iran to traffic arms into the region.  Mr. Nyassi wondered why it took the Government about two months without reacting to the arms allegations. “ This regime has been trafficking arms for a while now. It is now that they have been busted by the Nigerian Security officers.  They haven’t said a word about the arms intercepted in Nigeria. They thought that by expelling the Iranian Ambassador from The Gambia, it  would save them from this scandal, they must be kidding me.  This is a serious issue,” Mr. Nyassi alleged. Mr. Nyassi, is the Propaganda Secretary for the opposition UDP, Gambia’s biggest opposition party. He said he fears for his safety in The Gambia, but that wouldn’t  prevent him from speaking the truth. He said nothing can stop him from speaking out. “ If they want they can arrest me, but I shall continue to expose this regime. President Jammeh is a greedy leader, and that’s why he is into arms, and all kinds of businesses in this country. Wherever there is arms, and drugs, there is bound to be problem.  This President is engaged in all kinds of business,” Nyassi said. “I think this thing has been going on for sometime now. God’s time has come. They have finally been exposed.  The President owns the arms. This is my conviction,” he further charged. Mr. Nyassi also took a swipe at President Jammeh’s meddling into the Casamance crisis.  He accuses Jammeh of fueling the Southern Casamance region, with his bogus peace initiatives.  Nyassi said Jammeh is not the right person to broker for peace in Casamance—saying “ Jammeh himself is not clean.”  He said Jammeh has been linked to arms trafficking, and other corrupt practices in the region. He adds that a person of such questionable character is not fit to mediate for peace. Besides arms trafficking, Nyassi said Mr. Jammeh’s sincerity in settling  the Casamance rebellion has been widely questioned both in The Gambia, and outside Gambia’s frontiers.  He said under the circumstances it is impossible for an alleged arms trafficker like Mr. Jammeh to bring peace in Casamance. Coming back to the Gambian arms intercepted in Nigeria, Mr. Nyassi calls on the United Nations Security Council to take drastic actions against Gambia for allegedly securing arms from Iran destined for The Gambia. He said the regime has a case to answer. “ I am calling on the UN Security Council to look into this matter closely and possibly deal with The Gambian President. He cannot use our country to traffic arms.  Iran has been banned by the UN Security Council.  There is an arms embargo against Iran, and for the President to secure arms from Iran for the purpose of trafficking is unacceptable,” Nyassi opined.  Nyassi said The Gambian Government had signed protocols against arms trafficking, and wondered how comes that the regime can violate such protocols.  He said Jammeh is a bad omen for The Gambia, and her people. “ Why do we need such arms? Why? Or is it that the Government is trying to traffic the arms to another country?” Nyassi asked. Mr. Nyassi charged that the Jammeh regime expelled the Iranian Ambassador in a bid to frustrate investigations into the arms seizure. He said if the Government is not bent on undermining the ongoing investigations why cutting off diplomatic ties with Iran. He says Iran has been Gambia's major donor partner, and that all financial help extended to the West African country had been pocketed by President Jammeh.  He says Jammeh deals directly with the Iranian authorities, and as such there is no accountability in terms of funds given to the people of The Gambia, through the President. “They know that they are involved in arms trafficking; that’s why they decided to expel the Iranian Ambassador. They want to preempt the investigations,” Nyassi alleged. Mr. Nyassi said President Yahya Jammeh has been using his Kanilai Farms Company to import food aid, which he Jammeh in turn resells to starving Gambians. He accuses Jammeh of using his position to enrich himself to the expense of suffering Gambians.

Posted on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 (Archive on Tuesday, November 30, 2010) Posted by PNMBAI  Contributed by PNMBAI

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