Joe and L'ers:
It is indeed a play but a very tragic one. Reading the "speech" or shall I
say "script",I tried to figure out if this man is for real or is he just
trying out for a "deranged stand up comic". It is mind boggling, insulting
and heart wrenching to have a "head of state" utter such words of hate and
think nothing of it. But then again look who we're dealing with and as the
saying goes: "You can take the man from the bush but you can't take the bush
from the man".
Astrid/
"The more we know, the more we want to know. When we know enough, we know
how much we don't know."
Carol Orlock
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>Malanding, thanks for forwarding this "Play". Folks, the end is near, for
>I
>see the symptoms of a rabid grey matter. Just like a rabid dog, this man
>will soon begin to bite. So, a warning to the innocent - stay away for a
>bite from this creature is lethal. Let him devour his friends first before
>he self destruct.
>
>Chi Jaama
>
>Joe Sambou
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>>From: "Malanding S. Jaiteh" <[log in to unmask]>
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>>Subject: Re: President Jammeh's Message
>>Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 19:05:30 -0400
>>
>>Folks,
>>I believe that we should forward this message to the whole world.
>>Particularly to the attention of the UN Sec. General, the UN Security
>>Council, EU and the Commonwealth. Even the OAU and ECOWAS should all get a
>>copy. To let them know that Yahya speaks two languages. One written and
>>edited by his intellectual colleagues to suit the ears of the outside
>>world
>>and the other, straight-from-the-heart, unedited and uncultured for the
>>consumption of his hostages, the Gambian people. I hope it will help them
>>better understand who they are dealing with. I ask our petition draftsmen
>>to help us with a cover letter to this news report. We should also ask for
>>the Points permission to use it as an attachment.
>>
>>Malanding Jaiteh
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Hamadi Banna
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 12:14 PM
>> Subject: President Jammeh's Message
>>
>>
>> Courtesy of Africa News Agency. I hope this does not violate their
>>distribution laws.
>>
>>
>>
>> What Jammeh Told APRC Youth Wing: A Verbatim Report
>>
>> Point News (Banjul)
>> August 2, 2000
>>
>>
>> Banjul - President Yahya Jammeh, speaking in Mandinka, at a recent
>>meeting with members of the APRC youth wing at State House in Banjul, said
>>he will continue to sack people, even on the day before elections.
>>
>> Claiming that his government was not created by elections, but brought
>>to power by Allah "who also wills when it will come to an end," Jammeh
>>said
>>those who think they could disturb his party because elections are due are
>>mistaken. They would be removed and replaced by patriotic Gambians, he
>>said.
>>
>> He said the white people have been talking until they are tired, and in
>>vain. Now they say he should not dismiss judges, "as if they are not civil
>>servants. Are the judges not paid by our government," he asked. The
>>judges,
>>he added, signed a contract to do a specific job. If they fail to do so
>>they would be dismissed, Jammeh declared, emphasising that it is a
>>contract
>>(appointment).
>>
>> So, he said, "if you think, whether you are a magistrate, a judge, a
>>police.if you believe one ought not to dismiss you, you are fooling
>>yourself. And those who talk and complain can do so until their mouths get
>>torn, they can't do a thing about it."
>>
>> Jammeh said if there was no hypocrisy involved, then if someone is
>>dismissed and they feel his/her work is good, why don't they employ that
>>person. "Their complaints will not move me one inch, because I have faith
>>in Allah; Allah will not put this nation to shame," he added.
>>
>> According to Jammeh, this country will progress, whether or not they
>>like it. "I have said so since 1994, and the country is on the move."
>>
>> In fact, he went on, "they had to come back, and ask how we have been
>>able to develop the country; where did we find the money to do so."
>>Gambians, Jammeh said, must have faith in Allah. The revolution has not
>>come for mere sloganeering. To shout Revolution! Revolution! he said in
>>the
>>end no one listens. "That is what happened to Sekou Toure. Every Friday,
>>he
>>goes on radio shouting 'Long Live the Revolution.' He did not do any
>>work,"
>>according to Jammeh.
>>
>> "Our revolution has started now. All along we had laid the foundation.
>>It was a trial period.we have to stand firm to see the house goes up."
>>
>> Talking about what his government has done for the youths of this
>>country, Jammeh said those who know ought to commend his government; they
>>ought to say "well done."
>>
>> "You people have wasted/spoilt a lot, let us be truthful to one
>>another," he told his audience.
>>
>> He revealed that before his new (military) government did anything
>>else,
>>the first assistance rendered was to the youths. "In every place, on that
>>day, in every area US Dollars (cash) were given out. Even today one does
>>not know what happened to that money," he added.
>>
>> He said a Youth Development Enterprise was also created, in which a lot
>>was invested. If things were done according to plan then by now Gambian
>>youths would be managing many shops, he said.
>>
>> Jammeh said "not to just sit back and talk about the government and the
>>revolution. Let us do something, make efforts." Swearing Bilai Walai Talai
>>Jammeh claimed that "more than US$35 million has gone into construction
>>(projects) from 1994 todate. That was what came into this country," he
>>asserted. Out of this amount, he added, only 5% remained in the country,
>>the rest having gone elsewhere.
>>
>> He said since projects are executed by non Gambians, and the government
>>must initiate projects, if Gambians are not prepared to go into projects,
>>and to toil and sweat; the government cannot wait for them since all it is
>>interested in is that projects are being implemented.
>>
>> "Let us rise to the challenge.we have to learn to do things for
>>ourselves, on our own," he exhorted.saying, among other things, that the
>>government has done a lot, tried a lot, but Gambians must tighten their
>>belts, to develop the country. "Let us love our country.Gambians let us
>>love our nation, let us get up and work to develop the country.," Jammeh
>>appealed.
>>
>> Talking about his recent distribution of tractors, provided to all the
>>divisions in the country.Jammeh said some of those who say groundnuts were
>>not purchased did not produce even a single nut. We all know, he said,
>>what
>>got the government involved in groundnut purchasing. The government has
>>never been a buyer of groundnuts, he pointed out.
>>
>> However, he went on, as was being said (by detractors) "if the
>>government was not able to purchase groundnuts, and you claim to be a
>>member of the opposition; that you are a good citizen; you are not a
>>'JANKADING,' why are you not buying (farmers) nuts."
>>
>> "Buy the nuts! Then tomorrow," Jammeh said, "the people will have
>>confidence in you; will say this government is not serious, this person is
>>the sober one, let's vote for him. But to say Bakary cannot catch fish (is
>>not a good fisherman), when you have never brought home even a crab! Then
>>whoever listens to you is as dumb as you are," Jammeh declared.
>>
>> Continuing, he said, among other things, that whoever is a good person
>>must stay away from groups of troublemakers. Jammeh said what they intend
>>to do is that henceforth "whoever causes trouble or unrest; wherever this
>>crisis occurs; whoever is found there - Jammeh swears Bilai Walai Talai -
>>even chicken will not be seen alive there, and again swore to the Holy
>>Quran.
>>
>> He warned those who want peace to stay away from FITNA KAFO - groups or
>>gatherings prone to or engaged in civil unrest or trouble-making.
>>
>> Jammeh declared, "We will do it; and the white people will not be able
>>to do a thing. about it; that no one can do a thing. about it.
>>
>> He went on to say that he will not sit back and allow anyone to put
>>this
>>country in flames. "It won't happen!" he declared.
>>
>> "We rose on that day of July 22 to die, and even today our position
>>remains the same." He added that he does not fear any human being,
>>"whether
>>black, white or whatever." This country, he said, he wants to safeguard,
>>and whoever wants to set it alight, Jammeh said, "will be burnt .and
>>buried
>>100 metres deep."
>>
>>
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