Hamjatta, great piece as usual. I want to also take this opportunity to
thank you and the rest of the Gambian community in UK for the tremendous
work you are doing both on G_L and off-line. The formation of your new
organization is a step in the right direction. I hope great things will come
out of those efforts. Please extend my gratitude to the rest of the crew
that are not active on G_L but are doing great deeds for the Gambian
community.
Hamjatta, it is also very sad to learn that your contributions to the G_L
will henceforth be minimal due to other very pressing engagements. I will
miss your insightful postings. I trust though that you will never stay
silent when you see that there is something really rotten going on and none
of us is tackling the situation adequately. I look forward to seeing you
jumping in from time to time with your usual profundity. In the meantime, I
wish you luck in your endeavors and I pray that you have success in what you
are doing.
I was a bit incapacitated the past few days. When I went through my mail
this morning, four major things caught my eye: the formation of your Org. in
UK, the Sami results, Dumo's condition and the brilliant piece from Prince
regarding the AG. As far as the Sami results are concerned, I will join
Karamba and others and congratulate the new chief that won the elections.
However, like you, I will hasten to add that this 'victory' should not lure
the opposition into a false sense of security. Technically, APRC was not
defeated, although de facto we all know that the candidate they backed lost
the contest. This murkiness should be avoided in coming elections. Local
government elections should be fought on partisan grounds and the ridiculous
rules the IEC imposed on the Sami candidates should not be tolerated in
future elections. The opposition should not sit on their laurels. Enjoy the
Sami 'victory' for a day or two and move on to try and force the IEC to
oversee free and fair elections in The Gambia. The opposition should settle
for nothing less than the removal of Yaya. That should be the bottom-line
that has to be drummed on the minds of their supporters. Yaya CANNOT win a
free and fair elections in The Gambia. If by hook or crook he masterminds a
'victory', the opposition should mobilize to run him out of the State House.
A Yaya election victory should be unacceptable.
I was also delighted to learn that Dumo was visited by his family and
lawyers. That is great news. I hope the other victims of this cover-up
(Lalo, Yarbo et al) were also visited by their families and friends. I am
confident that when it is all said and done, these people will be
vindicated. A massive bombshell will be dropped on this illegal government
when these innocent citizens have their day in court. The whole world will
learn about the injustice surrounding the unlawful incarceration of these
citizens. The world will also learn about the sinister reason why Yarbo, for
instance, was arrested. There is more than meets the eye about this case. It
is not just about an inept and paranoid government trying to frame innocent
citizens because of rumors of coups. There were absolutely no rumors here
implicating all these people as co-conspirators. I will go on record here
and say that I am confident that the government will never prove that these
people came together to plot to overthrow Yaya. In due course, we will learn
exactly what Yaya is afraid of that prompted him to order the arrests of
these particular individuals. This will back-fire in the face of Yaya and
his AG when the matter is brought to court. Just wait and see and listen to
the tapes that are going to be presented in court.
Finally, kudos to Prince for slicing the AG. I rest my case about the AG's
despicable behavior towards Dumo and his family. The AG was given a second
chance in life which most people do not get. By all accounts, he blew it.
His worst enemies will feel sorry for him when we get rid of Yaya.
Thanks again Hamjatta, Karamba, Prince and Kabir for your contributions.
KB


>From: Hamjatta Kanteh <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>Subject: A Dose of Cynicism on the Sami Elections
>Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 18:22:00 GMT
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