L. Camara & Ousman,
It's great that the president is talking about this corruption issue now.
But I don't get it. The AG's report is specific. At every govt dept, the
buck stops somewhere. It's all a matter of culpability. What would the
parliamentary committee unearth that the AG hasn't already done? Like Ousman
alluded to, it sounds awfully like Jawara's "... anyone found guilty will
dance to the music" and the subsequent 360 degree turn-around. There is no
secret regarding the Id of the people responsible for the missing funds.
Yaya can either go after them, or for political expediency, pretend he
doesn't know the culprits. He's not fooling anyone.
Saul.
>From: Ousman Bojang <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: President Jammeh speaks tough on corruption
>Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 00:53:13 EST
>
>Mr. Camara,
>Thanks for posting that piece to the L. I commend of course as pessimistic
>I
>might be called, with a lot of reservations that President Jammeh is
>talking
>about the recent Auditor General's report. Following the dismantling of his
>own built protective security; The July 22nd Movement, it will be unfair to
>say that this is not a positive development in Gambian history. Certainly
>history cannot come back as it always repeats itself. And also I might be
>too
>young to remember, but I am not aware of any time in Gambia when the
>government has publicly given such an Auditor General's report.
>However, the question now is who is corrupt? Who are the criminals here?
>One
>thing certain, the Gambians are the victims as always. Since the Sanna
>Manneh
>case when Jawara said the "Whoever was found guilty in the courts was going
>to face the music," only time will tell us that this is not the same. Today
>is November 28th. and Jammeh has given himself a date line, Jan. 1 2000.
>Looking at the corruption crime in the Gambia, politicians then and now the
>military living flamboyantly whiles the masses struggle in search of enough
>food and adequate shelter, the criminals here is the government. I am not
>surprised that Auditor generals report did not criticize the legal robbing
>of
>public funds by the military. If I am right, it did not even report to us
>the
>expensive trips Jammeh has been unnecessarily making to abroad.
>The current Gambian economic problems might be beyond only corruption. It
>is
>arguably the lack of prioritizing of funds. A mere family unit continuos to
>struggle for their daily bread, continuos to be eroded due to the economic
>difficulties, it must take Jammeh a 'Dare I do not' to even publicly talk
>about corruption.
>How long or how soon shall we see a turn around, only time will tell.
>Whether
>it is a sign of changes coming and a form of commitment, time will tell. I
>have no doubt that Jammeh is realizing that the Gambian might be known for
>his/her extreme patience hence it took Jawara over 30 years to know it, but
>unless Jammeh or anybody else as a matter of fact fails to realize that we
>cannot do anything without our people, we are bound to failure. Sooner or
>later, the people will rise and rise high and recapture all that they have
>been denied from. I hope this is what Jammeh is seeing. It is not a matter
>of
>only reality, but a must. It is a precondition as much a prerequisite to
>survival and again, I hope this is what he is seeing.
>
>Ousman Bojang.
>
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