It seems Singhateh is little more frank than his co-conspirator about their mutiny and trying to defend the illegal takeover of a democratically elected government they swore to defend. He rightly said that there was no intention at that time to stay in power forever and that was their motivation and intention at that time. Award winning sharpshooter is a lot of exaggeration as none of the mutineers had gone to a military academy in the first place and their professionalism is therefore very debatable coupled with the fact that sharpshooters are never awarded anything except service as snipers, otherwise most of us will be awarded too. The paved roads, the TV and two other hospitals that he attribute to their mutiny cannot however be compared to the human sacrifice, the loss of democracy and the huge inflation of prices that Gambians have to pay for daily. The university in partnership with St. Mary University of Halifax was already in place with the help of the Canadian government.. The airport was built with drug money being spawned in from Babanding Sisoho and Yaya Jammeh drug alliance. It seems though that the half Scottish - half Gambian officer Singhateh is a lot more frank and even sane compared to the confused Yaya Jammeh. > SINGHATEY DEFENDS TAKEOVER > 26/07/2012 11:51:00Saikou Ceesay > <http://standard.gm/site/author/webadmin/> > Font size: [image: Decrease > font]<http://standard.gm/site/news/3396-SINGHATEY-DEFENDS-TAKEOVER.html> > [image: Enlarge > font]<http://standard.gm/site/news/3396-SINGHATEY-DEFENDS-TAKEOVER.html> > > *The former vice president of the ruling APRC government now a legal > magistrate, Edward Singhatey has said that “there was a desperate need for > a military takeover in 1994” in order to address the deplorable state of > affairs of The Gambia.* > > The 43-year old award-winning sharpshooter whose mother is Scottish, made > this statement during an exclusive interview with Malick Jones of GRTS > aired on the eve of the 18 anniversary of the July 22 takeover. He said > the > change of government spawned unprecedented development including the > construction of roads. “In fact, before 1994, there were only 15 to 20 > percent of the main roads actually paved. But after 1994, you can see that > has increased to almost about 80 to 90 percent nationwide. With regard to > the media, you will not be sitting here if it were not for the 22 July > 1994 > takeover. The airport terminal building, the University of The Gambia and > hospitals were all built. When we were reflecting on how much progress we > had made after seven or eight years in power, it had been determined that > we had built over 220 schools at the time. > > “Just imagine in 1994, there were only three main hospitals, namely, > Bansang, Royal Victoria and Ahmadiyya hospitals. Can you imagine a > population of over 1.5 million people being served by only three > hospitals? > Every sector in this country has seen massive development over the past > years. I can recall that it was very tense. I was 25 years old at the time > of the takeover. Being a young officer and believing in the cause of not > only myself but the cause of His Excellency, the President, Lieutenant ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤