Hamjatta I passed by the office on my way to the airport and found your rejoinder and that of Saul. I am leaving with a very heavy heart for not being able to sink my teeth in the fruit that you would have put on my lap. However, I must congratulate you and Saul for speaking your mind even though I believe you have drawn conclusions before even making investigations. Since you have more questions than answers and you have the oepn mind to consider my explanations, it would have been best to pose the questions and then pass your judgment after I give my answers. That is better than the clumsy attempts to give the impression that I masterminded everything that happened during the coup period, or should I withdraw the clumsy since I am yet to prove my case. O.K. I will withdraw it. We will take it for granted that you have put your case and it is now my duty to convince you or anybody with the same thinking to accept a contrary view. I must say that this is the healthiest thing that could happen to The Gambia as we enter the 21st century. I hope you will not stop with Halifa Sallah. I do accept for all bullets to be fired at me. I also hope that you will draw all public figures to the firing line and make them account for themselves during the coup period. I will address your concerns on the issue of social science and beliefs. Your conception of the 1997 Constitution is interesting. In order to give my submission more weight, I will postulate that the 1997 Constitution has all the basic faults that could be found in the 1970 Constitution and other laws under the Jawara regime, and has fundamental provisions that are indispensable for a democratic society that the 1970 Constitution did not have. This is my postulation. I guess you and Saul now see how far I am ready to put my integrity on the line as far as the Constitution is concerned. I owe no regrets. It is ridiculous to call the 1997 Constitution a Jammeh Constitution. I will now offer a challenge to any Gambian, be of the legal profession or not, to contend with the postulate I have transmitted. I even wanted to call names of lawyers who have called the constituion a non-sense constituion to take part in this debate but that may amount to some form of pettiness. So it is best to give a general challenge to this postulate. By a copy of this memorandum, I would also like to tell Saul Khan that he has added more to the load he has already put on my head by giving the impression that I launched into my +ACI-usual monologues, defending the then Lt. Jammeh, and a constitution that gives a select group of people carte blanche' to do whatever they want in the Gambia w/o ever facing any consequences.+ACI- On my return, I will weigh whether this was an attempt to try to be clever or very clumsy trickery. I will be back by Sunday, 5 December. The battle for the truth continues. Halifa Sallah. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------