I hope Jammeh's rule in Gambia is numbered but I have this sickening feeling
that he will win the next elections. What I found so galling is why the
Gambian electorates have seemingly failed to acknowledge their change in
fortune (for the worst) with Jammeh's coming to power BEFORE the last
elections.
I hope he loses (and loses terribly) in the next election but I will not be
surprised if he is back in power.
Ousman
>From: Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]>
>Culled from Allafrica. Jammeh is really sick, ignorant, and an
>embarrassment to our country. Who is telling this starch head that he owns
>Gambia and her resources? Let him keep it up. His days are really
>numbered
>and justice shall be served to all involved. Please check out the
>buffoonery in Yaya.
>
>Jammeh Calls for Change in Bakau
>
>The Daily Observer (Banjul)
>
>February 6, 2003
>Posted to the web February 6, 2003
>
>Omar Bah & Alieu Badara Ceesay
>Banjul
>
>As the President's Meet-The-People's Tour ends in Bakau, the people of the
>township have as usual received the hard-telling criticism of the head of
>state for what he described as their continued support of the opposition.
>
>President Jammeh who spoke at length said the natives of Bakau are
>apparently responsible for the abject poverty and hardship they are living
>in.
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>He apparently told them in their faces that their town would have been even
>better developed than Serrekunda if they had chosen to change the status
>quo.
>
>He pointed out that he will never be involved in enmity with them, or
>resort
>to insulting them, but elucidated the fact that they have no reason being
>in
>opposition to him.
>
>According to him, the first set settal in KMC in 1994, was done in Bakau.
>
>He said their continued lingering within the opposition branch drew him
>aback by resorting to watching them, adding that the whole country have
>been
>looking at them with suspicious eyes.
>
>President Jammeh however decried the fact that the people of Bakau have not
>received him with the cordiality that is expected.
>
>"Where are the people of Bakau when there are meetings? All of you go home
>and leave behind women and children. But I don't pay those credits (sic)
>because of the women who are always with me. You the people of Bakau are
>the
>ones plunging yourselves into suffering because all those who are
>misleading
>you are not suffering as they live in peace in Pipeline. Have sympathy for
>yourselves and your children," he averred.
>
>The President however made it clear that he has not come to insult the
>people of Bakau. He said even if his mother has not been living in Bakau
>for
>the past 20 years, he wouldn't do so. He acknowledged the fact that vague
>claims of some people being Mandinkas are unfounded, as according to him,
>surnames like Bojang, Jammeh and Jarjue-Sey are not found in Mali.
>
>"What is important is that if you say you have come to APRC, you can fool
>Jammeh but you cannot fool Allah. Bakau people, leave what you are doing so
>that you can develop, if not your course to development won't be easy," he
>emphasised.
>
>The President re-echoes his unreserved criticism on those he says are bent
>on misleading the people. "Why can't they face me and tell me? The reason
>why I am always going to Kanilai is that I thought, if they cannot meet me
>at State House, they would meet me in Kanilai and tell me the nonsense that
>they are saying."
>
>Economy The Gambian leader condemned claims that there is an "economic
>crisis" in the country. He described such talks as utterly unfounded.
>
>"There is no economic crisis in this country. In the whole of Africa, we
>are
>the only country that increases salaries by six per cent each year. You
>cannot even see five per cent increment in other countries." He renewed his
>castigation of laid back Gambian men, stating that there would be no
>meaningful development "if everyone wears a gown and sit at the Bantaba
>with
>a rosary in hand, while women are working. It is high time for us to change
>our attitudes." He said several millions have been invested in the Tanji
>Fisheries Project which according to him have all gone to foreigners. "This
>really hurts me," he added.
>
>He further stated that whenever it is time for "Siarreh," fish shortage
>will
>hit town because the foreigners who work there would have gone. He said
>even
>butchery have been taken over by foreigners while Gambians assume
>"bigmanship" postures.
>
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