Latir,
Thanks for bringing this up. I would like to be part of this exercise.
Please let me know what I can do. For a start though, I would suggest that:
-you send a note around asking folks to send you in private/gambia-l names
of all those fired and hired since Mr. Jammeh and his colleagues assumed
control.

-We categorize the list as follows:
Name......Position......Date Hired.....Date fired....Remarks
A. Politics:
1. Secretaries of State

B. Civilian service
1. Permanent Secretary:

2. Directors

3. Assistant Directors

C. Military:

D. Judiciary:


Folks should feel free to add other categories of subcategories.


Malanding Jaiteh


>From: Latir Gheran Downes-Thomas <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: The Dance of Musical Chairs
>Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 16:47:22 -0400
>
>Greetings Gambia-L,
>
>July 22, 2000 will mark six years of APRC/AFPRC rule in our beloved Gambia.
>  During this period the gambian citizenry have been entertained to what I
>believe has become The Dance of Musical Chairs.  Appointment upon
>dismissal, upon appointment upon dismissal.  The pattern never ceases.  The
>drummer beats his drum and his appointees dance.  With each beat drops a
>bead of sweat from the foreheads of these dancers who know that when the
>drumming stops they may no longer have a seat to sit.
>
>The daily news and speculation of dismissals, appointments and
>reappointment has become so routine that I believe we have all come to take
>these movements for granted.  Setting aside the qualifications of these
>people, how effective a government can we expect when the leadership is so
>unstable?  How secure could we possibly feel if those tasked to watch our
>collective backs are too busy watching their own?
>
>I would like to celebrate these six years by compiling a list, perhaps by
>position or by date, of all the appointments and dismissals in key
>positions of government and security since that one morning in 1994 when
>this new dance began.
>
>I think once completed, we may all, including the drummer, find ourselves
>awe struck at what we see.
>
>Any help on this small initiative would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>
>Latir
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