Jow,

For your information GRTS is not given any space whatsoever in jammeh2001.org. There is a link that will take you to the GRTS website: www.grts.tv, which is under construction and would be launched June 6th. Verify you information before transmitting any in this forum.

When you click on the icon Gambia TV/Radio, it that you to http:www.grts.tv. May be Sarr and other could tell you what that means. Once we launch the website, we will request for links from all Gambia related websites, including UDP's.

After all what is wrong with my picture being on the GRTS website? The picture is under a section that would contain a message from the Director General and the last time I checked the Director General of GRTS was Tombong Saidy.

 

PEACE

Tombong



>From: Yusupha C Jow<[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list<[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Jammeh2001.Com: The Propaganda Machine Creaks On
>Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 17:39:08 EDT
>
>Make no mistake about it, this Jammeh2001.com website is there for two
>purposes: get APRC's campaign agenda out there and also to give the them a
>presence in Cyberspace, where they have traditionally taken an old fashioned
>battering. Fatou Jahumpa, the forum moderator, actually writes theirs will
>be more tolerant than other Gambian Listservs and forums. To top it off, AJJ
>himself has finally posted on the forum and invited a whole bunch of us to
>come engage his camp in a dialog about his atrocious record, a fact which
>only seems oblivious to him. Let's post on this site and state the raw facts
>about this regime even if this means using aliases. In saying this, it is
>also important to note that their forum is infested with maniacal morons who
>are willing to pose fickle challenges to any criticism of the regime. Here
>is the direct link to the forum:
>
>http://www.jammeh2001.org/wwwboard/index.html
>
>The website itself is quite comical, being about AJJ, the man, the myth, the
>international peacemaker etc. -- while a portion is devoted to their campaign
>agenda on topics like Gender Equality, Poverty Alleviation plus all the usual
>campaign issues usually associated with presidential elections. The UDP or
>preferably a united opposition should use their site to further a campaign
>agenda and also discuss governance issues relevant to The Gambia. It goes
>without saying that the APRC has gained ground on other political parties in
>this respect, but their frightful record in bringing any of these plans too
>fruition means it is not too late for the opposition to make up the lost
>ground. The "APRC Manifesto" link is their way of selling a governance plan
>which is based on grandiose theories rather than achievable goals. Seven
>years of rule and many millions of dollars in foreign loans has seen minimal
>or negative headway in most economic sectors per their manifesto. In lieu of
>this, the opposition should seize the opportunity to challenge this failing
>record plus also formulate practical achievable goals for our country,
>something which Ousainou Darboe has talked about but never really explained
>in detail. This is a chance to get this done, most importantly on the
>ground, but also online.
>
>On the lighter side though, Jammeh2001 is an extremely comical site. It
>really shows how shallow and out of touch these people really are. His
>biography is so long and contrived, a person non-educated to Gambian current
>affairs would surely believe this is a man of near mythical status. His "Pan
>Africanist Humanitarian Of The Year" title, one of many other bogus ones, is
>particularly insulting when one considers our country's human rights record.
>How in God's name are these titles awarded to African dictators to whom
>murder and mayhem is nothing but a buzzword?! Also under the biography
>section, is his list of hobbies such as hunting in the forest, which, as we
>have been made to understand lately, includes includes herding people up and
>shooting them in these same forests..
>
>The most despicable Jammeh propaganda is located under the International
>Peacemaker link. Stay there for a minute and your senses will suddenly be
>assaulted by a steam of pictures where he poses in various "sultan-esque"
>regalia with Kofi Annan, Abdoulie Wad, Mommar Ghaddafi and many others. His
>photos with the just deceased Laurent Kabilla are particularly eerie and most
>definitely have a righteous place on dictator's row. This is megalomania and
>ignorance at its peak and this arrogant display of pictures is extremely
>unnecessary. But this should not be surprising because as in the case of
>most dictators this is a one man show. Kid's Corner is another indication of
>the two-faced nature of this regime. These people defy all logic by having
>AJJ pose with a bunch of kids of varying ages. What does this section really
>do for kids themselves?! This selfish move really shows the twisted nature of
>this regime.
>
>On a final and more serious note, it is particularly disconcerting to note
>the amount of space GRTS has been given on this site. In the GRTS section,
>our own Tombong Saidy's picture is posted giving the impression that he is a
>direct crony of the regime, a fact which he does not deny. However, this is
>a serious problem for in order to have a fair media campaign for each party,
>the press must be fair. The IEC must be called in to make sure that GRTS
>implicitly understands the importance of giving equal media access to all
>political parties. An argument should also be made for the removal of the
>GRTS section from the Jammeh2001.com website. The APRC does not encompass
>the instruments of the Gambian media. A failure to make this distinction
>will mean the upcoming elections will be unfair from the very start. Let
>them show videos of tractors plowing groundnut fields and such. This, as if
>tractors are a new invention. But they should not be allowed to flaunt the
>Gambian TV and Radio as something of their own making and in the process use
>these instruments to further their propaganda campaign.
>
>
>Anyway, this should have covered most relevant sections. Lets visit en masse
>and give them a piece of our collective minds.
>
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