Jabou,
Well said sister! Let us not put our hopes on the opposition, because they
will /can NEVER rescue our people. Their divisions and personal attacks
against each other can tell you alot. I, for one, have no hope on them!
Things are getting worst in the Gambia, and people are complaining everyday.
So, the very people who voted for Jammeh can make a mass demonstration and
ask him to step down with the support of the Army. Our forces have learnt
alot, and I don`t think they will accept anymore orders to shoot their own
brothers and sisters again.
Elhajj
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jabou Joh" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: UDP to Challenge Darboe's Detention Opposition Leader Spends
Night On Pol...
> Ndey,
>
> good to hear from you.
> It is evident that our people are suffering, and all one has to know is
how
> the people make a living, the job situation in the country and the fact
that
> even in so-called good times, the average Gambian has no means to even
start
> a small enterprise to feed and take care of his family needs. Couple that
> with the advent of a regime that has no idea what it means to actually run
> the affairs of a country, and you have a situation that is a veritable
> emergency.
>
> This is just a bunch of ignorant people who got lucky in their attempt to
> overthrow a government, and after they did it, they like the power and the
> fact that they can use it to steal as much as they can and they are not
about
> to give that up. End of story.
>
> Yaya Jammhe's hiring and firing of civil servants, his threats to put
people
> six feet under, , and the police state he has imposed on our people is the
> best proof that these people have no idea what they are doing at all.
their
> decisions are based solely on putting in place a group of supporters who
ill
> help them to continue their reign of terror on our people. That is what
his
> choices for office are based on, whether he is choosing cabinet staff or
> civil servants, and the fact that we have laws on how to conduct these
> affairs means nothing to them. Infact, the fear that abiding by the laws
> will not enable them to conduct their illegal business is precisely why
they
> have set aside our constitution.
>
> Jammehs' regime is clueless enough to think that they can take care of the
> affairs of a country by basing their selections on this criterion, rather
> than putting together a competent team and having a competent civil
service
> that is comprised of people who are competent in their various fields to
> address the needs of our peopple and country.
> They think they can "wing it" by doing the minimum to pacify the people
every
> once in a while.
>
> However, it goes back to what i have always maintained whenever it was
> advocated that a dialogue should be established between this regime and
the
> people. These are not people who are motivated to do what is right and to
> operate within the law. They have discarded our laws long ago and set up
an
> outlaw state simply because their only purpose is power and money.
> The Jammeh regime does not care whether the average Gambian starves or
> whether our youth get jobs or opportunities when they finish school.
> They do not care whether our country is partitioned off and sold to the
> highest bidder so long as they get the biggest piece if the pie.
> They do not care whether the struggling man or woman has a chance to earn
a
> decent wage or any wage at all to take care of his or her familie's needs.
>
> They only care that they have become overnight millionaires, and that
those
> who aid them in this brutal venture are also amassing wealth while the
> majority of Gambians can hardly even feed their families. Were it not for
> those on the outside sending money to their families back home, many a
> Gambian would have been in much worse condition by now.
> The Gambian people will see the light soon one way or the other because
the
> tactics of the Jammeh regime can only last so long before it implodes,
and
> it is high time that the people realize that this regime does not care
> whether they eat or go hungry so long as they and theirs' are doing just
fine
> robbing us of what little we have.
>
> Jabou Joh
>
> In a message dated 11/26/02 9:08:17 AM Central Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
> > Jabou, if any one tells you that things are fine at home, i said it is
not
> > true. We are on the ground and the situation i can't even explain it.
You
> > really have to be home to understand what the people are really going
> > through. You have to stay with the people, i mean "the people" to really
> > know what it is like to be in a situation where you have struggle to
feed
> > yourself and your family. The situation at home is critical and we
should
> > not fool ourselves. People can say whatever they like but the reality on
> > the ground is terrifying.
> >
> > Jammeh and his Gang should be man enough to deal with the problems. They
> > are very skillful in arresting people but to address people's needs is
> > another thing.
>
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