i definitely agree with you. i don't think a president should use words
like "jankading"... that's just a big no! no! and i also don't think it is
appropriate to make statements like "people can talk until their mouths get
torn, that just cracked me up.
mini
>From: "Malanding S. Jaiteh" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: President Jammeh's Message
>Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 19:05:30 -0400
>
>Folks,
>I believe that we should forward this message to the whole world.
>Particularly to the attention of the UN Sec. General, the UN Security
>Council, EU and the Commonwealth. Even the OAU and ECOWAS should all get a
>copy. To let them know that Yahya speaks two languages. One written and
>edited by his intellectual colleagues to suit the ears of the outside world
>and the other, straight-from-the-heart, unedited and uncultured for the
>consumption of his hostages, the Gambian people. I hope it will help them
>better understand who they are dealing with. I ask our petition draftsmen
>to help us with a cover letter to this news report. We should also ask for
>the Points permission to use it as an attachment.
>
>Malanding Jaiteh
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Hamadi Banna
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 12:14 PM
> Subject: President Jammeh's Message
>
>
> Courtesy of Africa News Agency. I hope this does not violate their
>distribution laws.
>
>
>
> What Jammeh Told APRC Youth Wing: A Verbatim Report
>
> Point News (Banjul)
> August 2, 2000
>
>
> Banjul - President Yahya Jammeh, speaking in Mandinka, at a recent
>meeting with members of the APRC youth wing at State House in Banjul, said
>he will continue to sack people, even on the day before elections.
>
> Claiming that his government was not created by elections, but brought
>to power by Allah "who also wills when it will come to an end," Jammeh said
>those who think they could disturb his party because elections are due are
>mistaken. They would be removed and replaced by patriotic Gambians, he
>said.
>
> He said the white people have been talking until they are tired, and in
>vain. Now they say he should not dismiss judges, "as if they are not civil
>servants. Are the judges not paid by our government," he asked. The judges,
>he added, signed a contract to do a specific job. If they fail to do so
>they would be dismissed, Jammeh declared, emphasising that it is a contract
>(appointment).
>
> So, he said, "if you think, whether you are a magistrate, a judge, a
>police.if you believe one ought not to dismiss you, you are fooling
>yourself. And those who talk and complain can do so until their mouths get
>torn, they can't do a thing about it."
>
> Jammeh said if there was no hypocrisy involved, then if someone is
>dismissed and they feel his/her work is good, why don't they employ that
>person. "Their complaints will not move me one inch, because I have faith
>in Allah; Allah will not put this nation to shame," he added.
>
> According to Jammeh, this country will progress, whether or not they
>like it. "I have said so since 1994, and the country is on the move."
>
> In fact, he went on, "they had to come back, and ask how we have been
>able to develop the country; where did we find the money to do so."
>Gambians, Jammeh said, must have faith in Allah. The revolution has not
>come for mere sloganeering. To shout Revolution! Revolution! he said in the
>end no one listens. "That is what happened to Sekou Toure. Every Friday, he
>goes on radio shouting 'Long Live the Revolution.' He did not do any work,"
>according to Jammeh.
>
> "Our revolution has started now. All along we had laid the foundation.
>It was a trial period.we have to stand firm to see the house goes up."
>
> Talking about what his government has done for the youths of this
>country, Jammeh said those who know ought to commend his government; they
>ought to say "well done."
>
> "You people have wasted/spoilt a lot, let us be truthful to one
>another," he told his audience.
>
> He revealed that before his new (military) government did anything else,
>the first assistance rendered was to the youths. "In every place, on that
>day, in every area US Dollars (cash) were given out. Even today one does
>not know what happened to that money," he added.
>
> He said a Youth Development Enterprise was also created, in which a lot
>was invested. If things were done according to plan then by now Gambian
>youths would be managing many shops, he said.
>
> Jammeh said "not to just sit back and talk about the government and the
>revolution. Let us do something, make efforts." Swearing Bilai Walai Talai
>Jammeh claimed that "more than US$35 million has gone into construction
>(projects) from 1994 todate. That was what came into this country," he
>asserted. Out of this amount, he added, only 5% remained in the country,
>the rest having gone elsewhere.
>
> He said since projects are executed by non Gambians, and the government
>must initiate projects, if Gambians are not prepared to go into projects,
>and to toil and sweat; the government cannot wait for them since all it is
>interested in is that projects are being implemented.
>
> "Let us rise to the challenge.we have to learn to do things for
>ourselves, on our own," he exhorted.saying, among other things, that the
>government has done a lot, tried a lot, but Gambians must tighten their
>belts, to develop the country. "Let us love our country.Gambians let us
>love our nation, let us get up and work to develop the country.," Jammeh
>appealed.
>
> Talking about his recent distribution of tractors, provided to all the
>divisions in the country.Jammeh said some of those who say groundnuts were
>not purchased did not produce even a single nut. We all know, he said, what
>got the government involved in groundnut purchasing. The government has
>never been a buyer of groundnuts, he pointed out.
>
> However, he went on, as was being said (by detractors) "if the
>government was not able to purchase groundnuts, and you claim to be a
>member of the opposition; that you are a good citizen; you are not a
>'JANKADING,' why are you not buying (farmers) nuts."
>
> "Buy the nuts! Then tomorrow," Jammeh said, "the people will have
>confidence in you; will say this government is not serious, this person is
>the sober one, let's vote for him. But to say Bakary cannot catch fish (is
>not a good fisherman), when you have never brought home even a crab! Then
>whoever listens to you is as dumb as you are," Jammeh declared.
>
> Continuing, he said, among other things, that whoever is a good person
>must stay away from groups of troublemakers. Jammeh said what they intend
>to do is that henceforth "whoever causes trouble or unrest; wherever this
>crisis occurs; whoever is found there - Jammeh swears Bilai Walai Talai -
>even chicken will not be seen alive there, and again swore to the Holy
>Quran.
>
> He warned those who want peace to stay away from FITNA KAFO - groups or
>gatherings prone to or engaged in civil unrest or trouble-making.
>
> Jammeh declared, "We will do it; and the white people will not be able
>to do a thing. about it; that no one can do a thing. about it.
>
> He went on to say that he will not sit back and allow anyone to put this
>country in flames. "It won't happen!" he declared.
>
> "We rose on that day of July 22 to die, and even today our position
>remains the same." He added that he does not fear any human being, "whether
>black, white or whatever." This country, he said, he wants to safeguard,
>and whoever wants to set it alight, Jammeh said, "will be burnt .and buried
>100 metres deep."
>
>
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