Gambia-L:

The e-mail below was sent to me by a source in the Gambia since Friday, but
I am seeing it for the first time. Again, I am sending it unedited.

Ebrima

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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: The State of the Gambia's Reserves: Sir Dawda's claims vs Jammeh's
>claims
>Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000
>
>Ebrima,
>The Independent which carried the exclusive interview granted to the paper
>by Sir Dawda sold out within an hour after hitting the streets this
>morning. As expected of the former Head of State, the old man is fully
>conversant with the deplorable condition of the economy, the weakened
>social fabric of the state and crumbling infrastructure.  He also mentioned
>the rapid deletion of the foreign reserves of the Gambia which was
>carefully and painstakingly built over the years when the late Sherriff
>Sisay was Minister of Finance. Now, Ebrima, the revelation by Sir Dawda
>that the reserves of the Gambia has been scandered by Jammeh and his team
>of bandits needs further investigation. According to the Secretary of State
>for Finance's budget and pronouncements in the National Assembly, the level
>of reserves still represents about 5-6 months import cover which is the
>same level as the late Sherrif Sisay left it. Either Sir Dawda is wrong on
>the current state of our reserves or Jammeh, NFamara Jatta and Momodou
>Clark Bajo have been cooking the books since 1994. A complete audit by the
>IMF and the donor community is therefore necessary to ascertain the state
>of the nations reserves. In the event that The Gambia has been engaged in
>creative accounting to fool the donor community, particularly the IMF and
>the Gambian people, then the culprits would have to answer not only to the
>IMF but to the Gambian people. The two conflicting claims, that is Sir
>Dawda's and the Jammeh regime, must be fully investigated. Ebrima, use your
>contacts in Washington to bring this extremely important issue to the
>notice of the IMF.
>I am applealing to ALL the political parties, UDP, PDOIS, NRP and APRC to
>bring this extremely important national issue before the National Assembly
>for debate in search of the truth. Some one is not telling the IMF and the
>Gambian people the truth about the true state of the Gambia's reserves. If
>Dr. Katim S Touray reads this, please get on the ball, together with Saul
>Saidykhan and the rest to get to the bottom of this one.  I will comment on
>the other aspects of Sir Dawda's interview later. I find the reserve issue
>to be urgent and requires our immediate attention. Have a nice weekend.
>

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