Mr. N'jie:

I wished you had referenced your posting to pre 1994 period.  I still believe
that more classrooms and qualified teachers can help solve the educational
deficiencies in The Gambia.

At this critical time when our resources have been depleted by the
dictatorship, it should be a priority for the country to have its economic
house in order.  It is cosmetic to buy computers for every high school in The
Gambia.  Another issue is maintaining them, especially by a dictatorship that
hits and runs like a tidal wave.  Government appropriations should be
allocated on the bases of priorities.

Please take a moment and remember the massive road constructions that fraud
yahya jemus embarked on in the early part of the dictatorship.  How are the
roads now?  Did it make any sense to incur these expenditures when no
long-term planning was made to maintain them.  A government should be
fiscally conservative in meeting the needs of the population.  Irate and
catch mouse expenditure will create budget variances that cannot be met by
any potential revenue.

I want to be frank with you. Dictator yahya jemus cannot push for quality
education when he ordered the slaughter of innocent Gambian school children.
Our hopes and dreams were kidnapped by the agents of political manipulation
and blatant disregard of truth.  What has Dr. Saja Taal done?  His he not the
same shameless parasite who is kissing the dictator's rear end?  What example
has he shown to the families of the murdered school children?  Has he
condemned dictator yahya jemus for the slaughter of our future leaders?  How
can they educate our kids and at the same time kill them?

We in the opposition are no fools.  We cannot be distracted by sudden change
of strategy when the dictatorship refuses to answer our questions.  We are a
family tree that refuses to be cut down.  Our mission is for a united and
democratic Gambia.  We are in this struggle to the end of tobacco road.  We
will never surrender to lunatic yahya jemus.  We love our country.  The
Gambia is not the shame any more.  Before we can engage in any pertinent
debates with the dictatorship, we want justice.  We want dictator yahya and
his culprits to stand trial for the slaughter of our school kids, the rape of
Ms. Camara, the torture and death of Ebrima Barry, misappropriation of our
funds, and countless human rights violations.  We understand the plight of
the victims in The Gambia.  Our treasury is being looted every hour.  How
could this lunatic transfer the capital to Kaninlai?  What is wrong with
Banjul?  I thought he accused Sir Dawda of being corrupt and ineffective.
Sir Dawda never stole our money to buy a plane.  The dictator's actions
resurrects Sir Dawda as a saint.  The Gambia was better off with Mr. Jawara
than fascist and insane dictator who has no intention of leaving.

The opposition in The Gambia must unite as a single party against the police
state.  We must borrow a page from the Senegalese people.  We must set aside
our differences and fight for what is right.  We cannot go through self
denial.  We owe it to The Gambian people.

Dictator yahya jemus is the worst thing that ever happened to The Gambia.
Dictator yahya jemus, let my people go.


Comrade,

Muhammad Lamine Jassey-Conteh

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