I vehemently commend Monsieurs Ceesay and Faal for
condemning the APRC Youth Group's vigilante actions
and for withdrawing from it. You and your colleagues
who pronounced the withdrawal from this illegal
gangish association, are the reason why I continue to
believe that the Gambia still has a chance to regaing
our country from these hijackers. I hope that the
rest of the youth Group vigilantes will head your
call. And that they will realize that they are being
used as a tool to brutalize their Gambian brethren and
to carry out the dirty work of the APRC.
DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELVES TO BE USED. YAHYA AND HIS
GOVERNMENT COULD CARE LESS ABOUT YOU. ALL HE IS DOING
IS USING YOU TO HOLD ON TO POWER BY ALL MEANS
NECESSARY. EVEN IF IT MEANS THAT YOUR LIVES HAVE TO
BE JEOPARDIZED. EVEN IF IT MEANS STEALING YOUR
YOUTHFUL INNOCENCE BY INVOLVING YOU IN VIOLENT ACTS
AND MURDER. AND WHEN IT ALL FALLS DOWN HE WILL FEED
YOU TO THE WOLVES. HE WILL LET YOU BE THE FALL GUYS
FOR ANY CRIMES COMMITTED IF AND WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO
IT. SO BEWARE!
JEMUS JUNGKUNG, THE FIGHT IS ON. REMEMBER WHAT I
WROTE IN AN EARLIER REPLY TO YOUR MOROONIC SPEECH? I
WROTE THAT WHEREVER YOU KILL ONE CHICKEN AT ANY
GARTHERING DEMONSTRATING AGAINST YOUR EVILRY, A
THOUSAND MORE SHALL SPRING IN ITS PLACE. AND A
THOUSAND MORE EGGS SHALL BE LAID TO RE-ENFORCE THE
FIGHT FOR JUSTICE. AND I ALSO SAID THAT YOU CAN FOOL
SOME PEOPLE SOMETIMES, BUT YOU CANNOT FOOL ALL THE
PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. SEE, ALREADY MEMBERS OF YOUR
VIGILANTE GROUP ARE BEGINNING TO REALIZE YOUR EVILRY
AND WITHDRAWING. SO YOU SEE, ONE BY ONE, THE WHOLE
WORLD WILL FINALLY SEE YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE AND YOU
SHALL BE LEFT WITH NEXT TO NO SUPPORTERS. THEN WILL
YOU REALIZE THAT YOUR DAY OF RECKONING HAS ARRIVED.
AND TRUST ME, THAT DAY IS NOT THAT FAR AWAY.
--- Mori Kebba Jammeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Culled from the Independet News paper
>
> S ome youths in Banjul have vowed to withdraw their
> 'involvement and
> support' for the APRC Youth Action Group. The youths
> believed that their
> involvement with the now defunct July 22nd Movement
> and other organisations
> formed under the banner of the ruling APRC had
> caused them to act 'outside
> the jurisdiction of law and order.' They maintained
> that their involvement
> with the APRC had made them more liable to commit
> acts that run contrary to
> the spirit of the rule of law and democracy and
> declared that it was better
> to withdraw their support as a result.
>
> They said the decision was prompted by their
> 'opposition' to violence and
> tendencies that might infringe human rights and
> advised other like-minded
> youths in the city to 'immediately desist from
> unlawful acts and behaviour
> but to engage in positive moves for socio-economic
> development and peaceful
> co-existence.'
>
> The group of youths, who approached The Independent
> recently, denounced what
> they called 'political extremism and crime' and
> urged the general public to
> work harmoniously for the country's best interest.
>
> Biram Ceesay, alias Bunna, of Tobacco Road speaking
> on behalf of the youths,
> claimed that since the July 1994 coup they have all
> been members of the July
> 22 Movement and Youth Action Group but recently
> decided to withdraw their
> involvement because of what they saw as 'the growing
> prospect of committing
> crimes' against other political groupings.
>
> Mr. Ceesay said although they were applauded as
> patriotic citizens under the
> APRC, they were vested with 'so many rights' which
> were 'doing more harm
> than good' to other Gambians. 'Now we will never
> allow ourselves to be used
> as tools to satisfy the political designs of a few,'
> he declared.
>
> 'Such a situation had left us in a painful dilemma
> especially after
> confronting our own brothers and sisters.'
>
> Mr. Ceesay, who conveyed the Banjul youths' decision
> to cease identifying
> with APRC activities, said they are ready to defend
> themselves against any
> eventuality in the future.
>
> According to him, their group, 'concerned with the
> state of human rights
> violations in the country' last week formally met
> some senior government
> officials to express their concerns. He added that
> following their
> disappointment with the officials' reaction, they
> later 'unanimously'
> withdrew their allegiance. 'We will instead keep a
> low profile from now on,'
> he intimated.
>
> Asked whether they had informed the officials that
> they were withdrawing
> their support for the APRC Youth Action Group, Mr.
> Ceesay said they were not
> required to notify the officials. 'We do not need
> to consult anyone for our
> withdrawal. We are Gambians with the right to decide
> our own destiny,' he
> declared.
>
> 'We need not be part of the group any more and our
> reasons are very clear
> and I hope they are understood.'
>
> Mr. Ceesay, who claimed to be a secondary school
> leaver, intimated that he
> would convince fellow youths to engage in 'more
> constitutional programmes
> and develop their talents for their own good.'
>
> 'Everyone knows that we are always at loggerheads
> with innocent people and
> this might cause trouble in the future,' he
> reasoned.
>
> 'We are urging our fellow youths to stop the
> intimidation, harassment and
> beating of people without justification.'
>
> Mr. Ceesay also expressed concern over the handling
> of the student
> demonstrations and the controversy surrounding the
> crude oil saga. He also
> expressed concern over the US $52 million Taiwanese
> Grant to The Gambia, the
> Auditor General's report and the difficult situation
> under which the private
> media operate.
>
> 'A lot of issues need to be addressed before we can
> be convinced back to any
> movement,' he noted.
>
> Mr. Ceesay also urged politicians to engage in
> 'constructive politics,
> dialogue and respect for citizens' rights
> irrespective of their political
> affiliation.'
>
> Musa Faal, another youth, vehemently condemned what
> he called 'political
> opportunism, sycophancy, and corruption', warning
> that taxpayers' money
> should be used for socio-economic development 'and
> not to satisfy flamboyant
> lifestyles. 'The taxpayers' money is not meant for
> the purchase of expensive
> fleets of vehicles while Gambians live in abject
> poverty,' he reminded.
>
> Mr. Faal commended the international community for
> 'their concern over the
> welfare of ordinary Gambians.'
>
>
>
http://www.qanet.gm/Independent/body_independent.html
>
>
> Mori
>
>
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