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Another e-mail from a source in the Gambia. Again, I am sending it unedited.

Ebrima

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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Tinkering will not solve your problem, Mr. NFamara Jatta
>Date:
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>Ebrima,
>The Secretary of State for Finance is once more tinkering with the Custom
>tariffs instead of doing a complete overhaul of the economy which is in its
>worse shape since Independence.  Fiddling with the Customs bands from 8 to
>3 is nothing more than window dressing in an attempt to entice the private
>businessmen to import. They will not, no matter how frequently they tinker
>with instruments which are peripheral to the REAL PROBLEM: GOVERNANCE AT
>THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
>The Janka*** of Kanilai must keep his mouth shot. You expect investors to
>put their money in the gambia when the political climate is as uncertain as
>it is today. the head of State threatening his own people with turture and
>death and one expects to carry on with business as usual? the business
>climate is not right for investors to come in. Gambian businessmen are
>fleeing to Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and the sub-region and you expect foreign
>investors to put their money in a country whose president is a psychopathic
>murderer and as unpredictable as a weather cock?
>Kidnappings must stop. Intimidations must stop. Businesses must be allowed
>to operate freely without hinderance. Stop extorting legitimate
>businessmen.The NIA chaps are having a field day with businessmen because
>they see Yahya doing it, SoSs doing it, everbody doing it.The level of
>corruption must be curbed if you expect investors to return.  BIVAC must GO
>and MUST GO NOW. In short, you must commence reassuring the investors who
>have fled the country. On second thought, do what you do best; tinker, and
>leave the serious work of managing the economy to the incoming Government
>to handle.
>

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