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. > >Join allAfrica's Discussion: > >How to Wage the War on AIDS >> > > > > >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. > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~