Suntou, thanks for lifting and encouraging a discussion about ideas presented by prominent and concern Gambians about the wellbeing of her people(s). This is one way to constructively reflect over the present Gambian situation. To help see the forest and not the tree - back to the issue I have extracted some parts from Mr. Sallah’s July 22nd statement below. …The insincere and the ignorant will always pay a price for their folly? …The moment for decision has come. We must now open our minds to all ideas in order to have all the views to be able to make informed choice…. July 22nd could not be fittingly commemorated as liberation day for the Gambian People. I see it as a day when the work we were doing to raise the awareness of the people was interrupted and the process of ensuring the emergence of the sovereign Gambian who is immune to inducement and intimidation and who is the actual commander of his or her own destiny, retarded. …(work that is in progress under the PPP government) ….This is the time to make honest reflection. The question now arises: What is the state of farming in the country after 30 years of AFPRC/APRC leadership? ... (30 years most be a typo error. Secondly, AFPRC existed just under the transition period that is between the first and second Republic(s)) …At the time of the coup the institutions which should have led to the growth and development of agriculture had developed and declined. … …Most women depend on credit or remittances from children abroad to get status symbols such as jewelry, clothes and contribute to ceremonies only to live the life of beggars or debtors after such expenditure…. … live from hand to mouth or manifest a state of artificial prosperity by acquiring status symbols through credit or patronage for display in public…. …Cooperative and informal/individual small scale enterprises… (Which part of the Gambian economy is formal?) ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤