> Modou.

> You are right time is up for a change in the Gambia.But don't you
> think the bucher has to answer our questions before he leaves.
> Gambians want to know who slaugthered our young lads,Dumo et al
> unjustly incarcerated and ofcourse the economic mess.
> 
> All the best bro.
> Fye.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Momodou Joof" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: FWD:Army Ousts President Who Kept Delaying Elections


> hELLO BRO FYE,
> Time is really runing out for thje bucher and his sheep,he has limited time
> to pack his things and leave.
> 
> 
> >From: Fye Samateh <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: FWD:Army Ousts President Who Kept Delaying Elections
> >Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 19:06:58 +0200
> >
> >Habib & Momodou.
> >
> >
> >Yala deserves to be ousted he was one of the useless African leaders in our
> >region.
> >Always there for his interest not the people he represent.Yaya should learn
> >his lessons
> >from this coz time is running out for him too.
> >
> >
> >Niamo.
> >
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Habib Ghanim
> >   To: [log in to unmask]
> >   Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 3:48 PM
> >   Subject: Re: FWD:Army Ousts President Who Kept Delaying Elections
> >
> >
> >   Kumba Yala's red hat did not save him this time. I am glad it was a
> >bloodless coup. who knows he might seek refuge in The Gambia
> >
> >
> >
> >   >From: Momodou Camara
> >   >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> >   >To: [log in to unmask]
> >   >Subject: FWD:Army Ousts President Who Kept Delaying Elections
> >   >Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 07:02:29 -0500
> >   >
> >   >Army Ousts President Who Kept Delaying Elections
> >   >
> >   >UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
> >   >NEWS
> >   >September 14, 2003
> >   >Posted to the web September 15, 2003
> >   >Bissau
> >   >
> >   >President Kumba Yala of Guinea-Bissau was desposed by the army in a
> >   >bloodless coup on Sunday after delaying parliamentary elections in this
> >   >small West African state for nearly a year and leaving civil servants
> >and
> >   >soldiers unpaid for several months.
> >   >
> >   >Although the former teacher was elected president with 72 percent of
> >the
> >   >vote in what was generally regarded as a free and fair poll in early
> >2000,
> >   >his one-time supporters became increasingly disenchanted with his
> >erratic
> >   >style of government.
> >   >
> >   >Kumba Yala dissolved parliament in November last year after it passed a
> >   >vote of no confidence against him. Then he delayed four times the
> >election
> >   >of a new legislature. The last straw may have come on Friday, when the
> >   >National Electoral Commission announced that it would not be able to
> >   >complete voter registration in time for the latest proposed election
> >date
> >   >of 12 October.
> >   >
> >   >Kumba Yala, 49, was desposed in a pre-dawn coup by a military junta
> >headed
> >   >by the army chief of staff, General Verissimo Correia Seabra. The
> >military
> >   >chief pledged to form a broad-based government including all the main
> >   >political parties in this former Portuguese colony of 1.3 million
> >people.
> >   >
> >   >Correia Seabra, who played a leading role in two previous successful
> >coups,
> >   >said in a statement broadcast over local radio stations that civilian
> >rule
> >   >would be restored through the holding of fresh elections at an
> >unspecified
> >   >point in the future.
> >   >
> >   >Kumba Yala and his prime minister, Mario Pires, were taken into
> >military
> >   >custody, apparently without resistance, and the mood in the capital
> >Bissau
> >   >remained calm and relaxed, despite the announcement of a dusk to dawn
> >   >curfew.
> >   >
> >   >Correia Seabra said publicly in May that the army had no plans to
> >intervene
> >   >again in the politics of this former Portuguese colony, which won
> >   >independence in 1974 after a long and bitter guerrilla war.
> >   >
> >   >However, the 52-year-old army chief is no stranger to coups. He backed
> >the
> >   >overthrow of Guinea-Bissau's first president Luis Cabral in November
> >1980
> >   >and was a leading figure in the 1998 mutiny that eventually led to the
> >   >departure of Cabral's successor, Nino Vieira after a year-long civil
> >war
> >   >
> >   >But this time, Correia Seabra, a veteran of the liberation struggle
> >against
> >   >Portugal, has stepped out of the shadows, to take power himself at the
> >head
> >   >of a Committee for the Restoration of Constitutional Order and
> >Democracy.
> >   >
> >   >He appears to have taken power reluctantly. Diplomats in Bissau said
> >   >Correia Seabra had warned Kumba Yala repeatedly in recent months that
> >the
> >   >army would be forced to intervene if the president failed to put his
> >   >chaotic and near bankrupt government in order.
> >   >
> >   >Kumba Yala, who like most of the army's top brass belongs to the
> >country's
> >   >dominant Balante tribe, managed to put down at least one previous coup
> >   >attempt. But he was unable to stop this one after alienating most of
> >his
> >   >former allies.
> >   >
> >   >"I can't say this publicly, but it would be a good thing if Kumba Yala
> >was
> >   >overthrown", a senior opposition politician told IRIN privately last
> >month.
> >   >
> >   >Kumba Yala himself protested publicly about several alleged coup plots
> >   >against him during his three years in office, but diplomats and
> >opposition
> >   >politicians said most of these were largely fictitious. They accused
> >the
> >   >embattled of head of state of inventing conspiracies to glean sympathy
> >   >abroad while providing a pretext for clamping down on his enemies at
> >home.
> >   >
> >   >But this time the coup was for real. Kumba Yala was arrested and taken
> >to
> >   >military headquarters at around three am local time and and five hours
> >   >later, the coup was announced in a communiqué read out on the
> >independent
> >   >radio station, Radio Bombolom.
> >   >
> >   >This denounced the "incapacity" of Kumba Yala's government to resolve
> >   >Guinea-Bissau's profound economic problems and find a way out of the
> >   >country's political crisis. The communique said the army had tried
> >   >repeatedly to alert the authorities to the danger the country was in
> >and
> >   >its "closeness to civil war".
> >   >
> >   >Pires, the prime minister, told a recent political meeting that Guinea-
> >   >Bissau would be plunged into a fresh civil war if the opposition won
> >next
> >   >month's now suspended parliamentary elections.
> >   >
> >   >Troops were deployed on the streets of Bissau and private cars were
> >banned
> >   >from the streets, but otherwise civilians were allowed to move around
> >   >freely. There were no reports of gunfire or civil disorder, although
> >Radio
> >   >France Internationale reported that Kumba Yala's residence had been
> >looted
> >   >by men in military uniform.
> >   >
> >   >Correia Seabra said in an interview with Portuguese State Television
> >(RTP)
> >   >that Kumba Yala had carried out arbitrary arrests and had fomented
> >division
> >   >in the country, while disregarding the constitution.
> >   >
> >   >He also accused the deposed head of state of preparing to rig the 12
> >   >October parliamentary elections in favour of his Social Renovation
> >Party
> >   >(PRS).
> >   >
> >   >In a subsequent interview with Portuguese state radio (RDP), Correia
> >Seabra
> >   >said he would only remain head of state until the holding of fresh
> >   >elections "when appropriate conditions have been created." He declined
> >to
> >   >give a firm date.
> >   >
> >   >Correia Seabra said the army was aware that any coup against Kumba
> >Yala,
> >   >who was elected with 72 percent of the vote, would trigger
> >international
> >   >condemnation, But he said military intervention had become inevitable.
> >"We
> >   >were clearly aware that the international community would have never
> >agreed
> >   >to a coup d'etat under any circumstance, but unfortunately we did not
> >have
> >   >another option, another alternative"; he told RDP.
> >   >
> >   >Portugal expressed regret at the coup and issued a statement urging
> >"those
> >   >behind it to return constitutional legality to the country
> >immediately".
> >   >
> >   >A foreign ministry spokesman in Lisbon said the Community of
> >Portuguese-
> >   >Speaking Countries (CPLP), which includes Brazil, Angola, Mozambique,
> >Cape
> >   >Verde, Sao Tome and Principe and East Timor, would meet on Monday to
> >   >analyse the situation.
> >   >
> >   >Cape Verde with which Guinea Bissau has traditionally had close ties,
> >   >offered to mediate. President Pedro Pires said his island state 450 km
> >west
> >   >of Senegal was "ready to help Guinea-Bissau adapt good and credible
> >   >democratic institutions".
> >   >
> >   >Mozambique's President, Joaquim Chissano, who is currently President of
> >the
> >   >African Union (AU), unequivocally condemned the coup. He urged the new
> >   >military leaders to hold immediate talks with the Economic Community of
> >   >West African States (Ecowas) "to find the best solution to restore
> >   >constitutional order".
> >   >
> >   >Nigeria, often seen as the dominant power in ECOWAS, came out strongly
> >   >against the coup. The Nigerian government, which played a leading role
> >in
> >   >restoring Fradique de Menezes to power in Sao Tome, a week after he was
> >   >ousted by a military coup in July, said that, together with ECOWAS, it
> >   >was "determined to resist the unconstitutional change of government".
> >   >
> >   >But despite the international chorus of disapproval directed against
> >the
> >   >coup-makers, there is unlikely to be much sympathy for Kumba Yala at
> >home.
> >   >
> >   >The ousted president has been widely identified as the main culprit for
> >   >Guinea-Bissau's political and economic malaise, antagonising the
> >country's
> >   >political class, engaging in clumsy stand-offs with the media, the
> >   >judiciary and foreign donors.
> >   >
> >   >Kumba Yala, who was known for his trademark red woolen bobble hat,
> >began
> >   >his political carreer as an ideologue of the African Party for the
> >   >Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC), the guerrilla
> >   >movement which fought Portuguese colonial rule and came to power at
> >   >independence.
> >   >
> >   >However, he subsequently quit the PAIGC and stood as the main
> >opposition
> >   >presidential candidate against Nino Vieira in Guinea-Bissau's first
> >   >multiparty elections in 1994. He was defeated by Vieira on that
> >occasion,
> >   >but won an overwhelming majority at the next poll in 2000.
> >   >
> >   >Despite promising to act as a unifier and healer, Kumba Yala was
> >frequently
> >   >accused of openly favouring his own Balante people, the largest ethnic
> >   >group in the country.
> >   >
> >   >But the charge-sheet went well beyond that. He was widely accused of
> >   >wrecking Guinea-Bissau's fragile social system, presiding over the
> >collapse
> >   >of state education and provoking an endless series of public sector
> >strikes
> >   >by unpaid civil servants.
> >   >
> >   >Kumba Yala was unable to retain the loyalty of ministers for long.
> >There
> >   >were constant cabinet reshuffles and Pires was his fourth prime
> >minister in
> >   >less than three years.
> >   >
> >   >Unexpected ministerial sackings became the norm. Last week Kumba Yala
> >fired
> >   >his latest information minister after he had been in office for less
> >than
> >   >two months. Radio stations and newspapers suffered constant harassment
> >   >under his rule.
> >   >
> >   >Such constant changes exasperated donors and the World Bank and
> >   >International Monetary Fund (IMF) found it difficult to build up
> >lasting
> >   >relationships with key ministries.
> >   >
> >   >Kumba Yala's dismissal of the head of the supreme court and two other
> >   >judges on the panel in September 2001 also provoked strong criticism
> >   >abroad. The three judges have yet to be replaced.
> >   >
> >   >Even the United Nations signalled its concern about developments in
> >Guinea-
> >   >Bissau.
> >   >
> >   >The postponement of legislative elections, originally scheduled for
> >   >February, then April and then July, provoked a series of warnings from
> >New
> >   >York. A report issued by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on June 9
> >   >observed: "the overall situation in Guinea-Bissau has not improved. In
> >   >fact, it has worsened. Amidst political and institutional instability,
> >   >electoral uncertainty has continued to generate tensions".
> >   >
> >   >David Stephen, the UN chief representative in Guinea-Bissau, told IRIN
> >last
> >   >month that the holding of free and fair elections on 12 October would
> >be
> >   >crucial to breaking the country's isolation and restoring Kumba Yala's
> >   >credibility.
> >   >
> >   >But as the National Electoral Commission made clear on Friday, he could
> >not
> >   >even deliver that.
> >   >
> >   >
> >   >
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