AbdouKarim Jawara was a dictator. I will post a 10-point reason for everyone to read later today or tomorrow. Please research a bit more on the definitions of a dictator, dictatorship and democracy. Comparing him with Yahya is not the issue. Burama On Wednesday, May 21, 2014, abdoukarim sanneh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Burama > Those that definition fit in your framing of Sir Dawda as a dictator. > Controlling state power showing no respect to constitutionality and rule of > law. You want to tell me that under PPP our judiciary is not > independent? Judges are fired if their ruling was not favourable to the > Government of the day? If that happened under the rule of Sir Dawda you > are free to give me example. I am botn in the 1960s and have witness 1981 > and the treason trial of Sheriff Mustapha Dibba Lamin Danso and step father > Bully Sanneh et al. Those PPP under the rule SIr Dawda a one man show? > Burama me and you and many in this forum are post 1965 generation of > Gambian citizens we should be honest to distinguish chaff in the winds > I am work and sorry cannot use company computer > I am using my mobile sending this message > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 08:57:52 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> > Subject: Re: What makes a dictator? > To: [log in to unmask]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> > > Ousman > > English Lanfuage definition - a ruler with total power over a country, > typically one who has obtained power by force. > > Not mind! > > Burama > > On Wednesday, May 21, 2014, ousman ceesay <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > Wow... You guys find dictators lurching around every corner. I doubt, > you will find any politician who fit your definition of a democrat. > > --- Original Message --- > > From: "Burama Jammeh" <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: May 21, 2014 5:34 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: What makes a dictator? > > Kwame was very harsh on his opponents. In his mind opposing him is not a > civic responsibility and right but unpatriotism. > > He also like to seek refuge under anti-colonial sentiment. > > Sure he's. Pan African leader but that's not exactly democracy. > > Burama > > On Wednesday, May 21, 2014, Kejau Touray <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Most dictators run an *autocratic* government, with no real checks and > rule *totalitarian* regimes, staying in power by controlling the mass > media, using the state police and spy agencies, restricting or removing the > rights of the citizens. Dictators often cultivate a *cults of > personalities, *using propaganda declaring them flawless, with school > children taught to sing their praises. > > So on a scale of 1 to 10, where will you put Yaya (I put him at 10), > Jawara, Nkrumah and even Sekou Toure? > > Kejau > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 10:10:34 +0200 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: PDOIS unveils Agenda 2016 party manifesto > To: [log in to unmask] > > Brilliant agenda from PDOIS, encompassing all and every democratic > principle known to man, amd infact with the most progressive economic, > gender and human rights policies, known to man. > Who said PDOIS 'nyom den pdois'? > Kejau > > > Sent from Samsung Mobile > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Kejau Touray > Date:20/05/2014 22:47 (GMT+01:00) > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: PDOIS unveils Agenda 2016 party manifesto > > africa » gambia > > Monday, May 19, 2014 > > Halifa Sallah secretary-general of PDOIS on Saturday briefed the press on > “Agenda 2016” which has been launched in The Gambia by the opposition > political party. Agenda 2016 “a provisional manifesto” of the People’s > Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism, PDOIS, was formally > launched at a mass meeting held in Wuli Barrow-kunda village in the Upper > River Region, on Sunday 11 May 2014. PDOIS issued a summary of the contents > of Agenda 2016, as follows: > > A Third Republic Ushering in the Sovereignty of the People > > PDOIS Agenda 2016 Publication Launch was graced by thousands of residents > of Wuli Barrow Kunda , URR, and its environs on Sunday , 11TH May 2014 – > see photos. > > Strategic Objective of PDOIS Agenda 2016 > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤