> Matarr.
>
> Let's hope these vermins are caught before fleeing.They are criminals
> looting every thing from Gambians.There's no hiding place for such crooks
> beleif me Senegal is sympatizing with the Gambian people.Infact we have
> a large number of military men in Senegal who fled this brutal regime.They
> can attack Yahya Jemmeh and his henchmen at any moment and they will
> surely have the support from our big brother Senegal.However thanks for
> calling me Niamorkono is a blessing name from my mom.
>
> Cheers
> Fye.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matarr Amadou Sallah" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 12:02 AM
Subject: Re: FWD:Army Ousts President Who Kept Delaying Elections
> Niamokono
> Its true we need answers but the way things are going
> am afraid some of those who have the answers will flee the
> country before we get hold of them.
> The moment they get sacked they head for Senegal or the
> US just as our kleptomaniac friend did.
>
> Matarr
>
>
> >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: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:50:00 +0200
> >
> > > 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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