Hear! Hear! You've put it well, Ousman.


>From: Ousman Bojang <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: Jawara Speaks (part 1)
>Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 19:31:57 EST
>
>Amadou and Musa,
>Thanks to all of you and some of those who had tried to report Jawara's
>talks
>on this forum. Already a few people had mentioned everything that need to
>be
>mentioned.
>However, reading between the lines for what the former president had to say
>and the reply he gave to Malafy Jarju on his question about returning to
>power just stunned me. I thought the guy was doing all of these to work
>forward to apologizing to the Gambia as Saul Saidykhan pointed out. It has
>to
>be clear to Jammeh and all those former ministers following him that yes
>the
>Gambians might be disgust with the Jammeh regime, but if they think that
>they
>have unfinished business after 30 years of corrupt and the same HUMAN RIGHT
>abuses Jammeh just happen to be better at, I think they are dreaming.
>Because of all the discussions at the moment going on the L- for a
>reconciliation's, I was refraining myself from joining this discussion
>until
>I read what he replied to Mr. Jarju's question. I would have loved to ask
>Jawara if he remembered imprisoning his oppositions for years and denying
>them the due process of the court just as Jammeh is doing.  And my second
>question to him was going to be how he would have felt if he was caught by
>the junta and imprisoned for years denying his family visitation rights?
>Being a direct victim of that and kidnapping a school boy in the name of
>national security during his era is not worse(t)  than what Jammeh might be
>doing.
>I certainly take it just as Musa Jeng pointed out, "He just did not get
>it."
>The guy need to rake a rest and take the advise from Saul to try to write a
>memoire so that we could all learn from the mistakes he did.
>
>Ousman Bojang.
>
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