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Another e-mail from one of my sources in Banjul.

Ebrima Ceesay

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>Subject: Mr. Speaker, Sir
>Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 22:56:28 GMT
>
>Ebrima,
>During two sessions of the National Assembly, a member of the august
>Assembly posed a parliamentary question to the Hon. Vice President, as
>leader of Government business in the house. The question is very simple:
>how much does it cost governmnet to >build yet another army barracks and
>the source of the funds?
>
>The answer should normally be straight forward, and which comes in >written
>form, prepared by the Department concerned. And in this >instance, the
>Department of Defence which, of course, is under the >purview of Yahya.
>
>Now the VP did what she had to do in this instance; that is to >consult
>with the SoS Defence and posed the following question to >Yahya Jammeh:
>"Sir, the National Assembly members would like to know >the cost and source
>of finance of the new barracks under >construction. So, if I could have the
>answers, I could provide them >at the next session". Yahya's reply: "It is
>none of their business".

>Of course, the Vice President, Isatou Njie-Saidy, could not tell the
>National Assembly that the President says that it is none of their
>business. So the poor lady still has the National Assembly's Q&A file >on
>her desk unanswered and come the 26 June Session of the National >Assembly,
>she will continue to evade the questions once again. These >are the
>indignities that Yahya is subjecting the National Assembly, >the
>Constitution and, indeed, the entire Gambian nation to.
>
>By the way, it is during this Session that the establishment or
>non-establishment of the Parliamentary Committee on the Crude Oil will be
>tabled.  Karamba Touray is not as optimistic as I am that it will pass. A
>lot of soul searching on the part of the majority in the Assembly has been
>going on.  I believe that a significant number of them would rather do the
>right thing, and be judged favourably by history than to try to protect a
>"sinking" president. This is just a hunch, no evidence whatsoever. Although
>I have spoken to a few who told me that they have not made up there minds,
>as of yet.
>

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