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--- Ebou Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Be cautious of Wade's proposals
> Written by Jarga ‘Jigster’ Gigo,
>
>
>
> Tuesday, 27 September 2005
>
>
> Editor,
> The Gambia should be extra cautious of Wade's
> proposals. President Wade is yet to manifest
> sincerity in building peace and justice in
> Senegambia.
> Why can't he ask the the Senegalese union to bring
> back normalcy and give him three to six months to
> negotiate with The Gambia Government? Why is he
> suggesting his proposals if he is really a man of
> justice? Based on his proposals, he doesn't seem to
> give a damn about the interest of the Senegalese
> union but what his government could collect. It
> seems he doesn't only want to collect from
> Senegalese inputs but from Guinea Bissau's vehicles,
> tourists, and Gambian vehicles for using Gambian
> soil and waters.
>
> Unless The Gambia Government sends circumspect
> thinkers, we Gambians will be paying the Senegalese
> government for using our own soil and water. Is this
> a new form of limited colonisation or what?
>
> This is not a very complex issue and intellectuals
> within Senegambia should understand that an unjust
> agreement based on today's powers will only bring
> enmity and other problems tomorrow. So it is wiser
> for all us to try to work together in love and
> justice, including tolerance.
>
> The money involved is huge for poor individuals like
> myself but relatively small for governments. Today,
> most of the argument is pro tariff reduction for the
> trying poor person; but if we over involve both
> governments, the ordinary people will be paying a
> lot more in the near future. And they may choose to
> stop protests with an iron fist come that time. Many
> Gambian great minds are presently at odd with
> President Jammeh and it is sad that some of them
> want to politicise the issue and others don't seem
> to understand that The Gambia is ours with or
> without Jammeh. An unjust agreement today may not be
> easy to dissolve tomorrow. Or worse, if the problems
> heighten to certain levels, we may see the negative
> debris for centuries.
>
> Any honest mind can understand that Wade's proposal
> is costly and will eventually be paid for by the
> ordinary person. Also he wants his government to be
> paid without working or preferably to reduce his
> unemployment problem through The Gambia, even though
> we have our own problems, regardless of the high
> number of Senegalese working in The Gambia. We
> should never lose touch of the importance of
> appreciation and tolerance. There is so much we
> should appreciate each other for, but greed seems to
> blind us from tolerance.
>
> The Senegalese government should be sincere and
> focus-oriented in her people's worries – high
> tariffs. They may suggest for The Gambia government
> but trying to rob us is simply wrong. If they choose
> lengthy arguments, ignore the blessings they are
> enjoying in The Gambia and shun justice and
> tolerance, then may be The Gambia government should
> try to offer them a percentage of the Senegalese
> inputs or choose a discriminatory pricing for the
> Senegalese and give their government the difference.
> A percentage of their inputs is due to the ferry
> manufacturers, our workers, our government and now
> how much to their government?
>
> The projects President Wade is proposing as joint
> projects could be carried out by The Gambia through
> loans from other countries, perhaps including
> Senegal. The more the Senegalese government invests
> in The Gambia, the more they naturally have the
> right to protect their investment. I don't think I
> have to spell out the possible dangers that may crop
> up. There are so many issues one cannot discuss
> publicly, so I only hope The Gambia government sends
> circumspect thinkers and for peace-loving Senegalese
> to understand that over-pressuring us or fooling us
> today only means brewing tension between the two
> countries, who should live in harmony, love and
> justice.
> May God bless us: Let's learn, let's work, let's
> have fun.
>
> Jarga ‘Jigster’ Gigo,
> Canada
>
>
>
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