Bakary, thanks for the explanation. I accept it in good faith and I am
grateful you took the time to state where you were coming from. Let's move
on.
KB
>From: Bakary Kanteh <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Jawara --- Come-back Kid? He is history!!!
>Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 20:41:08 +0100
>
>Dear Compatriot Kebba and the rest of my compatriots,
>I am sorry if my views were not explicit enough to appear like an innuendo
>against you, but that was far from my intention. It was probably a mistake
>on my part to have appended my view that: 'He (Sir Dawda) is history !!!'
>to
>the relevant title which was posed as thus;Re: Jawara---Come-back kid?, a
>question.The reason i prefer using the term compatriots is the simple fact
>that the views i express are meant for all my dear compatriots, who care to
>register the views of a single individual (an atom)in a universe of
>divergent views and beliefs.Had i got any queries with your personal views
>or any divergent point of view you have from mine,i would not for a moment
>hesitate to adress your name,instead of the broad term 'compatriots'.The
>same applies to the opinions of all my other compatriots.
>Although we may have different viewpoints, i respect all points of view
>exccept those that are hypocritical, divisive, sadist and misanthtropist.I
>am talking of the likes of Yahya Jammeh and Seedat Jobe.Please therefore be
>assured that my contribution to the discussion was directed neither against
>you, nor any specific individual or group of individuals but should be
>rather be construed as my views which could be either right or
>wrong,depending on the judge's history or political affiliations.
>That said,i still stand by my views but nonetheless regret any
>inconvinience
>these might have caused you and those in the pro-Jawara camp,i know so of
>many to mention all their names.Some of them are even my close friends and
>relatives but this is irrelevant when it comes to expressing my viewpoint.
>We are in the same navy to shatter the yoke of oppression in our beloved
>Gambia.
>Keep it up! KB
>
>BMK
>
>
>
>
>
>>From: Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>><[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: Jawara --- Come-back Kid? He is history!!!
>>Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 10:03:52 -0400
>>
>>Bakary and Sanusi, I certainly would have appreciated you coming out clean
>>and naming names. Rather than using vague terms like ‘some of our comrades
>>in the opposition camp’ or addressing mails to ‘dear compatriots’, I would
>>have preferred that you identify the people that are advocating Jawara’s
>>return as a presidential candidate in the October elections. I would have
>>let this slide as having nothing to do with me had your postings not used
>>my
>>heading. So as to eradicate any form of innuendo, I respectfully ask you
>>to
>>clarify your stance and state that you are NOT referring to me when you
>>say
>>that there are people in the Opposition advocating for Jawara to return as
>>a
>>presidential candidate in October.
>>
>>If my heading is what confused Bakary, let me just explain to him the
>>genesis of that heading. That heading was NOT chosen to insinuate that
>>Jawara was coming back to lead. That heading came directly from BBC Focus
>>on
>>Africa. Any body that bothered to read the body of my various pieces
>>regarding the abrogation of Decree 89 would have no doubt as to my stance
>>on
>>who I think should lead.
>>
>>I resent the innuendo in your various pieces and would be grateful if you
>>could kindly put the record straight by eliminating me from the comrades
>>and
>>compatriots you were addressing in your mails.
>>KB
>>
>>
>>>From: Sanusi Owens <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>>><[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>Subject: Re: Jawara --- Come-back Kid? He is history!!!
>>>Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 09:58:26 +0100
>>>
>>>Bakary
>>>
>>>Well done, You have definitely made my day. I hate to
>>>say it but it appears some of our comrades in the
>>>opposition camp are trying to advocate for Jawara's
>>>return as Presidential Candidate for the October
>>>Elections. The truth of the matter is that the Old man
>>>ruled ther Gambia for thirty years. Of those thirty
>>>years, so much has happened. Rather than us focusing
>>>on those brave Second Republician Politicians-the
>>>Darboes, Jattas. Sallahs and the Bah, we seem to be
>>>looking on to Jawara as a saviour for our redemption.
>>>Moreover, most of us fail to realise that Jawara has
>>>been absent from the scene for almost 7 years and any
>>>attempt to give him that mantle to lead the opposition
>>>coalition would be suicidal. Believe me, Jawara is
>>>seen by many as a moderate, but the reality is the
>>>average Gambian believe that his return to politics
>>>would be suicidal.
>>> The only suggestion for us now is to draw up a
>>>strategy for coalition against Yahya Jammeh. I would
>>>propose that the Coalition should be lead by someone
>>>who played little or no part in the last PPP
>>>government. This is my take, any other proposals, I am
>>>happy to discuss.
>>>
>>>Have a wonderful day.
>>>
>>>Sanusi.
>>>
>>>
>>>--- Bakary Kanteh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear
>>>Compatriots,
>>> > There is no chance for Sir Dawda to be the Gambian
>>> > come-back kid, he could
>>> > however be a 'come-back grandpa' to his dear
>>> > homeland; he presided over for
>>> > 30 years.As far as a vast majority of Gambians
>>> > including myself are
>>> > concerned, Jawara had his time and he cannot
>>> > therefore bestow on the Gambia
>>> > in the present or future what he has been unable to
>>> > accomplish for the
>>> > homeland during three decades of his reign.Like all
>>> > human,he's got his
>>> > strengths and weaknesses but he will always be
>>> > remembered as the leader who
>>> > squandered two golden opportunities(post 1965 and
>>> > post 1981) to
>>> > significantly improve the living conditions of
>>> > Gambians.He is also the
>>> > person who abdicated the presidency,albeit with CIA
>>> > involvement to an
>>> > unelected Yahya Jammeh and his band of vogabonds
>>> > without any stance to
>>> > defend constitutionality. 7 years after Sir Dawda
>>> > reliquished the presidency
>>> > and fled the Gambia, Gambians have endured and
>>> > continue to struggle against
>>> > a terrorist dictatorship that had committed evil
>>> > acts of murders, broad
>>> > daylight killings of peaceful student demonstrators,
>>> > summary executions,
>>> > torture, abductions and other sorts of human right
>>> > violations.
>>> > When history is to judge Sir Dawda's legacy; it
>>> > should be: The leader who
>>> > betrayed his people but for Yahya Jammeh it should
>>> > be none other than 'the
>>> > parasite who stabbed his people in the back and
>>> > killed the innocent.' So Sir
>>> > Dawda is history and yahya Jammeh is a vampire,who
>>> > shall soon be confined to
>>> > history as well.
>>> >
>>> > We must shatter the yoke of oppresion!
>>> >
>>> > BMK
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > >From: Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]>
>>> > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing
>>> > list
>>> > ><[log in to unmask]>
>>> > >To: [log in to unmask]
>>> > >Subject: Re: Jawara --- Come-back Kid?
>>> > >Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 12:28:01 -0400
>>> > >
>>> > >Gassama, you know you are lying when you said that
>>> > Jawara said he wanted to
>>> > >come back to lead the Opposition. As far as your
>>> > other comments about the
>>> > >implications of the security of the former
>>> > president are concerned, I think
>>> > >I will just ignore them. More substantive APRC
>>> > stalwarts than yourself have
>>> > >already spoken on the issue. Sedat Jobe said the
>>> > politically correct thing
>>> > >to say and Yankuba Touray, being the ignorant
>>> > vermin he is, said the exact
>>> > >opposite of what Sedat Jobe said to the
>>> > international community. So, I
>>> > >would
>>> > >rather deal with those comments than your
>>> > irrational rattling. So Jawara is
>>> > >welcomed to come home and retire but NOT to say
>>> > that Yaya should NOT lead
>>> > >us? What kind of nonsense is this? You are just
>>> > proving that Gambia is NOT
>>> > >a
>>> > >free country and Yaya’s utterances that Decree 89
>>> > is history, is mere lip
>>> > >service.
>>> > >
>>> > >If you sincerely believe in your contention that
>>> > Jawara will hamper the
>>> > >Opposition (especially UDP), then why NOT encourage
>>> > him to come home so
>>> > >that
>>> > >APRC can win the elections? I thought you wanted
>>> > APRC to win. Finally, I
>>> > >take it that your previous hypothesis about NCP and
>>> > UDP and PPP and NRP has
>>> > >been discarded in the dustbin.
>>> > >KB
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >>From: Jungle Sunrise <[log in to unmask]>
>>> > >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing
>>> > list
>>> > >><[log in to unmask]>
>>> > >>To: [log in to unmask]
>>> > >>Subject: Re: Jawara --- Come-back Kid?
>>> > >>Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 15:08:31 +0000
>>> > >>
>>> > >>Dampha,
>>> > >>
>>> > >>Ex-president Jawara's security in The Gambia will
>>> > only become an issue if
>>> > >>and when he is allowed to return home. His recent
>>> > pronouncement that he is
>>> > >>willing to come back home to lead the opposition,
>>> > if they so desire,
>>> > >>knowing
>>> > >>full well that he is not elligible to stand for
>>> > election, in order to help
>>> > >>us get rid of "this dictatorship", will certainly
>>> > not help his case to
>>> > >>return home. To me, it would have made more sense
>>> > if he instead engaged
>>> > >>the
>>> > >>government constructively, in order for him to
>>> > come and spend the rest of
>>> > >>his days in peaceful retirement. If that were the
>>> > case, the onus would
>>> > >>have
>>> > >>been on the government to provide with all the
>>> > security and protocol
>>> > >>befitting a former head of state. If he expects to
>>> > be given a red carpet
>>> > >>welcome and inspect a guard of honour, then he is
>>> > dreaming. Any right
>>> > >>thinking man would realise that no amount of
>>> > pressure or threats will
>>> > >>prevail on this government to allow him to come
>>> > back home unconditionally
>>> > >>while the APRC is still in power.
>>> > >>
>>> > >>As for the impact of his association with the
>>> > opposition, particluarly the
>>> > >>UDP, my instincts tell me that it will be counter
>>> > productive. His
>>> > >>mis-rule,
>>> > >>refusal to willingly relinquish power when he had
>>> > the chance, coupled with
>>> > >>the rampant corruption that he presided upon
>>> > whilst in power is only too
>>> > >>fresh in the minds of many Gambians. It will also
>>> > give credense to the
>>> > >>claim
>>> > >>by some that the UDP is a party of disgruntled
>>> > elements whose main agenda
>>> > >>is
>>> > >>for the restoration of the PPP olygarchy. This
>>> > view can be further
>>> > >>supported
>>> > >>by the recent appointment to the PPP interim
>>> > committee of Shyngle Nyassi
>>> > >>while still retaining his leadership of the UDP
>>> > Youthwing.
>>> > >>
>>> > >>These are my views on the "comeback kid".
>>> > >>
>>> > >>Have a good day, Gassa.
>>> > >>
>>> > >
>>> > >
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