Help the POOR GAMBIAN FARMERS PAY THE THREE MILLION YANKEE DOLLARS. Mbye Sey --- Ebou Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Be cautious of Wade's proposals > Written by Jarga ‘Jigster’ Gigo, > > > > Tuesday, 27 September 2005 > > > Editor, > The Gambia should be extra cautious of Wade's > proposals. President Wade is yet to manifest > sincerity in building peace and justice in > Senegambia. > Why can't he ask the the Senegalese union to bring > back normalcy and give him three to six months to > negotiate with The Gambia Government? Why is he > suggesting his proposals if he is really a man of > justice? Based on his proposals, he doesn't seem to > give a damn about the interest of the Senegalese > union but what his government could collect. It > seems he doesn't only want to collect from > Senegalese inputs but from Guinea Bissau's vehicles, > tourists, and Gambian vehicles for using Gambian > soil and waters. > > Unless The Gambia Government sends circumspect > thinkers, we Gambians will be paying the Senegalese > government for using our own soil and water. Is this > a new form of limited colonisation or what? > > This is not a very complex issue and intellectuals > within Senegambia should understand that an unjust > agreement based on today's powers will only bring > enmity and other problems tomorrow. So it is wiser > for all us to try to work together in love and > justice, including tolerance. > > The money involved is huge for poor individuals like > myself but relatively small for governments. Today, > most of the argument is pro tariff reduction for the > trying poor person; but if we over involve both > governments, the ordinary people will be paying a > lot more in the near future. And they may choose to > stop protests with an iron fist come that time. Many > Gambian great minds are presently at odd with > President Jammeh and it is sad that some of them > want to politicise the issue and others don't seem > to understand that The Gambia is ours with or > without Jammeh. An unjust agreement today may not be > easy to dissolve tomorrow. Or worse, if the problems > heighten to certain levels, we may see the negative > debris for centuries. > > Any honest mind can understand that Wade's proposal > is costly and will eventually be paid for by the > ordinary person. Also he wants his government to be > paid without working or preferably to reduce his > unemployment problem through The Gambia, even though > we have our own problems, regardless of the high > number of Senegalese working in The Gambia. We > should never lose touch of the importance of > appreciation and tolerance. There is so much we > should appreciate each other for, but greed seems to > blind us from tolerance. > > The Senegalese government should be sincere and > focus-oriented in her people's worries – high > tariffs. They may suggest for The Gambia government > but trying to rob us is simply wrong. If they choose > lengthy arguments, ignore the blessings they are > enjoying in The Gambia and shun justice and > tolerance, then may be The Gambia government should > try to offer them a percentage of the Senegalese > inputs or choose a discriminatory pricing for the > Senegalese and give their government the difference. > A percentage of their inputs is due to the ferry > manufacturers, our workers, our government and now > how much to their government? > > The projects President Wade is proposing as joint > projects could be carried out by The Gambia through > loans from other countries, perhaps including > Senegal. The more the Senegalese government invests > in The Gambia, the more they naturally have the > right to protect their investment. I don't think I > have to spell out the possible dangers that may crop > up. There are so many issues one cannot discuss > publicly, so I only hope The Gambia government sends > circumspect thinkers and for peace-loving Senegalese > to understand that over-pressuring us or fooling us > today only means brewing tension between the two > countries, who should live in harmony, love and > justice. > May God bless us: Let's learn, let's work, let's > have fun. > > Jarga ‘Jigster’ Gigo, > Canada > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! for Good > Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina > relief effort. > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of > postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface > at: > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l > To contact the List Management, please send an > e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > Let modesty be the rule of observance. __________________________________ Yahoo! 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