Katim, I second your motion and bravo to all that attended to present our case to the Honorable Ambassador. Keep up the fight. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: "Katim S. Touray" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Meeting with the new US Ambassador >Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 23:26:55 -0700 > >Hi folks, > >A big "Thank you!" to Maila, Malanding Jaiteh and Co. for attending the >meeting with >Amb. McDonald, and expressing our concerns about the situation in The >Gambia to him. >And thanks also to James Gomez, Jr. for helping organize the meeting, as >well as to >Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and Rev. Jesse Jackson for their concern about >events in The >Gambia. Please keep up the great work! > >Katim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Maila Touray <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 10:57 AM >Subject: Meeting with the new US Ambassador > > > > As we adamantly monitors events leading up to Gambia's Presidential > > election, Concerned Gambian Residents in the USA, met with the new US > > Ambassador to Gambia, Mr. Mcdonald, at the State Department. During the > > almost, two hour briefing, a seven-page PETITION FOR HELP IN BUILDING A > > BETTER GAMBIA, was handed to the Ambassador and after giving a brief > > background and comparison on Gambian socio-political/economic history, a > > quarter of > > the time was spent on the lack of good governance, tolerance, > > accountability, misuse of power and privilege, abrogation of law and > > order, illegal detention and torture of citizens, constant intimidation > > of the press and opposition parties and the upcoming presidential > > election. > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> > >To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>