Citizen Lamin, honourable, I appreciate your wise counsel as am sure our fellow citizens here appreciate. I will reach you privately to share some ideas. I acknowledge the contractual nature of the relationship between Carnegie Minerals and Yahya Jammeh and the utter failures of the two parties to be guided by circumspect to avert the "misunderstanding" that threatens to engulf an innocent citizenry. It is in effect the competency of the two parties to enter into such contract that was highly offensive. I agree with your learned counsel that were we to accept the validity of the contract, we will then be condemned to hopeless spectators. I urge you to take a second look at the principle I share - that is that the contract itself is not issue and therefore null and void as to the citizens of Gambia. I encourage you to consider other venue for original citizen suit than a division of the High court in London should that venue and officers prove unwilling or inappropriate audience. I am convinced that due to the delinquent nature of the two parties in Carnegie Minerals and Yahya, we must view this matter extra-ordinary. I am informed that the arrangement between the two parties was facilitated by the commonwealth development corporation and obviate the High Court in London as venue. As regards amicable resolution of matters such as this, I wish to share a story with you. Some years ago, I had the opportunity to share ideas with a multinational corporation who was delinquent in leaking carcinogens into an aquifer body, carcinogens which ended up in the water wells of a certain community in Fairfax Virginia. The corporation already had world class PR firms and Counsel. I volunteered to visit the site and speak with the residents and discouraged them to rely on the litiguous prowess of counsel. Upon travelling to Virginia, I came to realise that the community was livid because the corporation had hidden monitoring well sample test results from them for a long time hoping that their (corporation's) remediation and cordoning efforts would prevent leacheate from reaching private wells. When I returned, I advised that in view of such delinquency, the corporation should publish admission of error and omission and that they should begin to purchase affected homes at fair market value in addition to issuing compensation for inconveniences. I also advised that they should proactively share results of all their monitoring wells with all the communities in which they have underground storage tanks and above ground tanks to include publicising remediation efforts. Needless to say, I was not very popular with corporation brass and I was regarded with utter disdain and regret for seeking my advise. They recoiled to assume an adversarial posture. The acrimony festered, distrust prevailed. A court later found the corporation liable and culpable to the tune of 5 times the amount it would have costed were they to have taken a more benign and proactive posture and admitted error. AND, they are still paying for a more comprehensive remediation ordered by the court. What I wish to share Lamin is that spectacular negligence and delinquency calls for extra-ordinary measures. I will continue this conversation privately with you and hopefully to speak with you over the phone. Carnegie Minerals and Yahya's delinquencies must not render us victims or helpless spectators. I am terribly disappointed at Carnegie. I am not disappointed at Yahya because I was not surprised at his belligerence. The record is available for all and sundry who are trained on sobriety and circumspect. Thank you again Lamin and I look forward eagerly to speaking with you. Haruna. In a message dated 2/27/2008 5:48:12 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: I meant to say "Cooperation in the manner ,,, LJDarbo Lamin Darbo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Haruna: Notwithstanding that the Gambia Government's potential liability is in the millions of pounds, the dispute with Carnegie is a simple contractual matter. The parties apparently settled on binding arbitration, thereby excluding any possibility of litigation in the appropriate High Court division in London. Even in the event of litigation, third party intervention is unlikely to attract judicial blessing in so far as this particular dispute involves no important principles of general public concern, effectively excluding permission for an amicus brief. I appreciate your concern and public spiritedness, but in a contractual dispute between two competent parties, you and I are condemned to watch the contest from the sidelines. Cooperation in the matter you envisaged is unlikely from either party, albeit for different reasons. In light of its apparent conduct in effectively terminating the contract without invoking the agreed dispute settlement mechanism of arbitration, the prospect of success appears dim for the Gambia Government. LJDarbo Haruna Darbo wrote: Hello Simon, I am in receipt of your response which I attach for my fellow citizens. I wish to thank you for acknowledging us and we understand your position and predisposition. We regret that both Yahya & CO. and Carnegie are averse to recognising the citizens of Gambia as unique party to your current dispute/misunderstanding, ample evidence to the contrary notwithstanding. I am also aware of efforts by both Carnegie Minerals and Yahya & Co. attempting to coerce proprietors and editors of Gambia online newspapers to do their bidding. I discourage my fellow citizen proprietors of Gambia online news services from yielding to such coercive advances. This is a landmark case which has sobering precedence. We must not sell our souls for material considerations from unscrupulous entities. by copy of this note, I encourage Mr. Ousman Sillah, Mr. Lamin Darboe, Mr. Bakary Conteh, Mr. Chongan, Mr. Sanusi Owens, Mr. Halifa Sallah, Mr. Ousainou Darboe, Ms. Mariam Denton, to consider engaging other appropriate fellow citizens, proficient in law and jurisprudence, and form themselves into a Citizen Legal Defense team with a view to protecting the interest of the citizens of Gambia. I will volunteer, along with desiring citizens and online Gambia newspaper editors, to form ourselves into the Public Relations arm of such an entity. Lamin, please inform me if you are amenable to leading such an adhoc team of distinguished legal advocates. I will begin raising funds for such an endeavour. I encourage my fellow citizens in public fora to speak their minds and show support for forming for our defense. Sincerely, Haruna Darbo [log in to unmask] In a message dated 2/27/2008 4:21:31 A.M. 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