Hello fye ,
Ihave been following the comments on the net regarding the last incedent at
home.It seem certain element does not put facts into consideration rather
than their personal opoinen.Since when did these leaders put the intrest of
the mass in the first place.
HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.
yours F
momodou.
>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: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 02:09:49 +0200
>
> > 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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