Some Gambian farmers are having second thoughts in selling their groundnuts
to the military dictatorship.  The question I ask is: Were the farmers better
off under Sir Dawda, or are they better off under an illegal government that
lacks governance?  Our farmers were lied to on numerous occasions by a
dictatorship that is unaware of the pain it has afflicted on Gambians.  It is
a shame that the minister of agriculture is constantly lying to our farmers,
while he and the entire dictatorship are looting our treasury.

Our country has slowly moved to a totalitarian dictatorship where Gambians
are denied their basic rights to freedom.  The illegal government also lacks
sound fiscal policies and as a result, unfavorable budget variances and
inequity in agency funding are the norms.  The accountant general is an
individual who lacks ethics in administering sound accounting pronouncements
for the better maintenance of our country's appropriations.  She is so
unethical that her judgments in variability, representative faithfulness,
comparability and neutrality should be a cause of concern for future
accountants.

With the recent death of young Barry at the hands of the firemen in Brikama
and the beating of one Mrs. Joof in Banjul, I wonder how long can we take
such blatant disregard of our basic inherent political rights and
responsibilities.  Should we sit silent and let this nonsense continue on in
our country, or are we willing to extend an olive branch to Mr. Ousainou
Darboe and Mr. Sam Sillah of the United Democratic Party?  Let us act now
before it is too late.

Long live democracy and down with dictator yahya jemus.  Dictator yahya
jemus, let my people go.

Sincerely,

Muhammad Lamine Jassey-Conteh: Greensboro, NC/Eastern Kombo District

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