Muhammad,

My posting was reference pre 1994.Your focus is on the regime
and I share that with you. I focused on the benefits of students
having computers as a tool and this is irrespective of what regime
is in place. Education will remain  a fundamental issue that requires
continuity in addressing and updating. I understand your frustration
with the current government which we all share but we have to learn
to separate the issues from the facts sometimes. This is part of discipline.
What Saja Taal is doing now has no bearing to my posting.

Beran


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                From:   Muhammad Lamine Jassey-Conteh
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                Sent:   Thursday, June 15, 2000 4:50 PM
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                Subject:        Re: Gambia to use the Internet to push education

                Mr. N'jie:

                I wished you had referenced your posting to pre 1994 period.  I
still believe
                that more classrooms and qualified teachers can help solve the
educational
                deficiencies in The Gambia.

                At this critical time when our resources have been depleted by
the
                dictatorship, it should be a priority for the country to have
its economic
                house in order.  It is cosmetic to buy computers for every high
school in The
                Gambia.  Another issue is maintaining them, especially by a
dictatorship that
                hits and runs like a tidal wave.  Government appropriations
should be
                allocated on the bases of priorities.

                Please take a moment and remember the massive road constructions
that fraud
                yahya jemus embarked on in the early part of the dictatorship.
How are the
                roads now?  Did it make any sense to incur these expenditures
when no
                long-term planning was made to maintain them.  A government
should be
                fiscally conservative in meeting the needs of the population.
Irate and
                catch mouse expenditure will create budget variances that cannot
be met by
                any potential revenue.

                I want to be frank with you. Dictator yahya jemus cannot push
for quality
                education when he ordered the slaughter of innocent Gambian
school children.
                Our hopes and dreams were kidnapped by the agents of political
manipulation
                and blatant disregard of truth.  What has Dr. Saja Taal done?
His he not the
                same shameless parasite who is kissing the dictator's rear end?
What example
                has he shown to the families of the murdered school children?
Has he
                condemned dictator yahya jemus for the slaughter of our future
leaders?  How
                can they educate our kids and at the same time kill them?

                We in the opposition are no fools.  We cannot be distracted by
sudden change
                of strategy when the dictatorship refuses to answer our
questions.  We are a
                family tree that refuses to be cut down.  Our mission is for a
united and
                democratic Gambia.  We are in this struggle to the end of
tobacco road.  We
                will never surrender to lunatic yahya jemus.  We love our
country.  The
                Gambia is not the shame any more.  Before we can engage in any
pertinent
                debates with the dictatorship, we want justice.  We want
dictator yahya and
                his culprits to stand trial for the slaughter of our school
kids, the rape of
                Ms. Camara, the torture and death of Ebrima Barry,
misappropriation of our
                funds, and countless human rights violations.  We understand the
plight of
                the victims in The Gambia.  Our treasury is being looted every
hour.  How
                could this lunatic transfer the capital to Kaninlai?  What is
wrong with
                Banjul?  I thought he accused Sir Dawda of being corrupt and
ineffective.
                Sir Dawda never stole our money to buy a plane.  The dictator's
actions
                resurrects Sir Dawda as a saint.  The Gambia was better off with
Mr. Jawara
                than fascist and insane dictator who has no intention of
leaving.

                The opposition in The Gambia must unite as a single party
against the police
                state.  We must borrow a page from the Senegalese people.  We
must set aside
                our differences and fight for what is right.  We cannot go
through self
                denial.  We owe it to The Gambian people.

                Dictator yahya jemus is the worst thing that ever happened to
The Gambia.
                Dictator yahya jemus, let my people go.


                Comrade,

                Muhammad Lamine Jassey-Conteh


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