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kondorong
Gambia
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 Posted - 10 Apr 2006 : 21:28:38
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This is scheduled for next week saturday as said by Yankuba before his "supposedly arrest". Lets see what happens. People are in and the next minute they are out. Foday Barry appointed NIA Director and in less than a week arrsted again. There was a posting that Yanks is arrested. I hope we know the truth. You can hardly be sure what is going on now at home.
"This is real democracy. Whilst some are mourning their dead, others are planning to jubilate in the streets. Gambia is a country of ironies and unless we are each others keeper, the axe will fall on all of us one by one. Tomorrow it will be your turn and please dont expect sympathy when you bury your fallen family members.
Gambians wrere known to help each other. I remeber as a child when some one dies, the whole village mourns for a week. The family of the deceased will not be allowed to cook. Neighbors provide meals in turn for one week as a sign of solidarity. This is even when death occurs naturally let alone when it is taken arbitrarily.
Gambia is no longer a smiling coast as i have said many times. What goes around comes around.
See daily Observer.
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“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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taalibeh
Gambia
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Posted - 10 Apr 2006 : 22:27:43
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I cannot believe that there are people who will ever support jammeh for what is happening currently in the country. Matching in support of jammeh or telling him to calm down and stop the killing.
Chei Gambia, Chei Gambia. Africans when are we going to wake up. With all these numerous reports of people being maimed and killed, who in his right senses is going to waste their times on the streets in support of jammeh slaughtering more people. Lets see which mothers and fathers are going to take part.
Subsequently when your own daughters and sons are taking their turns under the guilotin dont expect any one to sympathise with you. |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 10 Apr 2006 : 22:31:39
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| Amen Taalibeh and personnally i will not sympathise with any one for that matter if you did participate either directly or indirectly to the current atmosphere at home. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11 Apr 2006 : 10:07:28
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Average Gambians are unpredictable and are obsessed with political, cutural, festival and carnival celebrations even if they are starved to death. People with leave their families at home with no basic food and gather, roaming and idling around the capital. Don't blaime them as it is very easy to mobilise them be splashing, larvishing money and using all government (including municipal councils) resources to pretend that there is mass support for Jammeh and APRC. Average salary is on conservative estimates D1,750 (for middle level and senior civil servants). Out of this if you spent the following you are left with no option to be easily prone to corruption and look for other sources of funds. Its not 'greed' but 'hunger and starvation of the so-called elite of the nation'. Let's review the budget detailed below:-
Bag of rice D800
Breakfast D25 x 30days 750 (Cost of small tin of milk is D20)
Lunch D150 x 30days 3,500 (1 lb or kg of meat D80, oil D30)
Dinner D50 x 30days 1,500 (One Small candle D25 for 4 hrs use)
Fares D50 x 30days 1,500 (Bjl/ Sk to and fro individual D15)
SUB-TOTAL D8,050
Additional bills include electricity, water, telephone, school fees, rent and clothing not taken into account.
Therefore there is no doubt that they are all birds of the same feather and the mass would continue to pretend as if "GAMBIA NO PROBLEM" is a haven.
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 11 Apr 2006 : 19:03:47
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| GAMBIA NO PROBLEM IS A MYTH. THAT TAPE WORM LIKE COUNTRY IS WALLOWING IN POVERTY, MISERY AND IN NEED OF CPR FROM THE PARAMEDIC TO REVIVE IT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. MANY FAMILIES CANNOT AFFORD TWO SQUARE MEALS A DAY. BREAKFAST IS NO LONGER THOUGHT OF IN MANY HOMES AND DINNER IS GRADUALLY ERODING. MOST PEOPLE BUY "TANGANA" IN THE STREET AND DINNER IS NOW RESERVED FOR THE CHILDREN IN MANY HOMES. THIS IS THE SAD REALITY. THE DAYS OF "NYAMI MBAM" ARE OVER AND WILL NEVER COME BACK. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11 Apr 2006 : 20:40:59
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I know times are very hard for Gambian families. The price of rice cp to salary is crazy. Salaries need to increase. The workers need to unite and have workers unions to fight for decent standards of living. Although Gambia is a poor country, no one in Gambia needs to go hungry if there is the political will to do something about it.
Perhaps the president should give school children a FREE school lunch instead of feeding his zoo of animals?! This would be an incentive to send children to school. |
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taalibeh
Gambia
336 Posts |
Posted - 11 Apr 2006 : 22:39:32
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That wicket man will rather throw a beech party than striving for free education. If parents are permitting their kids to take part in a beech party offer by the president then all is ok.
The guy's level of stupidity is awesome. You will never see anything like it any where esle in the world. I tell you something. I spoke to my dad the other day and he was lamenting that his groundnut porduce is been bought on credit and for over a month now but no money yet. There are many more like him but still this lunatic had the audacity to thorw a beech party.
How would jammeh expect me to like him while he brings misery to my dad, no way!!.
"Lakal nganyu deh" jammeh, |
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taalibeh
Gambia
336 Posts |
Posted - 11 Apr 2006 : 22:41:56
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kobo, that is funny kobo. Please give me a respite, am fainting. you are the opposite of sankofa.
you are right deh. |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 11 Apr 2006 : 22:47:20
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Taalibeh you are funy
Sometimes students drown at the these parties and yet no one from the Education ministry has uttered aword of advice. You are right free education is better than beach parties where alot of indescent acts take place. It is eroding the very fabric of our culture of respect to that of shamelessness.No wonder many Grade 12 students can hardly speak good English. I wish you had the opportunity to work in personnel. I have used application letters as therapy when i am stressed out.
You laugh like a mad man. Some letters are like so terrible that you doubt if they have beeen to school. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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Sitasungo
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Posted - 11 Apr 2006 : 22:57:48
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Hi my friends,
Listen to Yankuba Touray here and try to make sence of what he meant.
Speaking to the Daily Observer last Friday, Mr Yankuba Touray, the Secretary of State for Agriculture and APRC national mobilizer, said the 10,000 man solidarity march will not only show that Gambians are against the March 21 abortive coup, but it will also establish the fact that The Gambia is a mature democracy that other African countries can emulate.
I sometimes wounder whether Yankuba has sence or not?How can shuch a creature with Human body talk like that?Has He forgotten that in 1994 July 22nd,He (Yamkuba), Yaya and others took up arms to topple a dwemocratically elected Government?
A Mandinka saying is therefore true.." SITA KULU KAH FOO DARKULU YE FUNG NYORO GI"(meaning a Baubab seed calling a Sorrel seed curved forehead).
No wonder theGambia is like the way it is.I think we the opposition should instead be calling for an Anti coup march.
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Edited by - Sitasungo on 11 Apr 2006 22:59:28 |
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 12 Apr 2006 : 03:27:01
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Thank you very much Sitasungo for coming to the point. Am really disturbed by the "stupidity and smartness" in my own words if these young lads in the likes of Jammeh, Yankuba, Edward, Peter, Lamin Kaba who were just uniform soldiers and lucky to be there; having participated and undermined their senior officials in coup plot of a democratically elected government and they don.t see themselves as criminals triable for commiting high treason,. I won.t bother to implicate or name the seniors; as we know most of them were within the ranks of Inspector General of Police, Army Majors, the Captains and Leitenants who were intelligent and very sensitive of the corruption and the political situation at that time. Surprisingly the !espirit de corps' of the Arm forces was easily tapped to coordinated the successful coup plot of July 22nd 1994. Aftermath of the coup became more worst as manr astrocities followed and is continously witnessed everyday till present time.
All their statements contradicts them and in common law "He who claims equity must have clean hands" . Are your hands clean Jammeh, Yanks, and others that follow suit.
Lets review below Halfa's comments in parliament few days ago again, which I suspect must have indicted the speaker of the house Sheriff Mustaopha Dibba. It appears to rays some eyebrows from the likes of Majority leader Churchill Falai Baldeh and Fatoumata Jahumpa who always felt insecured when sensitive statements are addressed against Jammeh's government in my opinion.
HALIFA'S as reported by the ODSERVER Newspaper
Resist coup-inspired govts ... Halifa Sallah urges Gambians
Written by Alhagie Jobe
Wednesday, 05 April 2006
Hon Halifa Sallah, the National Assembly Minority Leader and NAM for Serekunda Central Constituency, has called on Gambians to reject any government that comes to power through a coup d'etat, as it is not in accordance with the country's democratic principles and the AU constitution.
In his contribution to the resolution condemning the March 21 abortive coup, which was tabled at the National Assembly on Monday, Hon Sallah said that democracy demands that power be derived from the consent of the people and should be exercised politically. He added that the constitution of the African Union states in Article 4 that "the union shall function in accordance with the following functions - that is, condemnation of unconstitutional deriving of a government."
According to him, a violent overthrow of a government has no place in a democratic and constitutional country - whether the government is functioning economically or not. He said they in the opposition condemn the March 21 abortive coup.
<END OF REPORT>
TYPICAL OF COUPS ARE POINTED ABOVE "A VIOLENT OVERTHROW OF A GOVERNMENT - WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT IS FUNCTIONING ECONOMICALLY OR NOT"
More details for information only are culled from the Point as follows:-
THE POINT NEWSPAPER
NAMs Condemn Abortive Coup
Describe it as Unpatriotic, Uncalled for
Tuesday 4th April 2006
Members of the National Assembly yesterday unanimously condemned, in the strongest possible term, the abortive coup d'etat of 21 March 2006, masterminded by the former Chief of Defence Staff, Col. Ndure Cham.
In moving the motion, nominated member of the National Assembly, Hon. Fatoumatta Jahumpa-Ceesay, stressed that the act of attempting a coup d’etat against the constitutionally elected government of the Republic of The Gambia is in itself a great crime of the highest degree.
“It is an affront to the dignity, prosperity, independence and socio-economic prosperity and progress that The Gambia has for the last decade nurtured and cherished,” she added. “Above all, it is an unforgivable attack on the Republic and the sovereign people of the Gambia.”
According to the APRC stalwart, The Gambia has come a long way since 1994. The country, she went on, has witnessed rapid socio-economic development within the past decade and that anything to disrupt the peace and that pace of development is unacceptable.
Hon. Jahumpa-Ceesay said: “Therefore, honourable colleagues, I would like to put this Motion before you to consider and approve the outright condemnation of the 21st March abortive coup d’etat. This barbaric action by some element in our army and the society was motivated by greed and selfishness. This act is uncalled for, especially that the country is due to host the AU Summit.”
Contributing on the motion condemning the March abortive coup, the member for Lower Niumi, Hon. Jane Colley Faye, wondered what prompted the coupists to plan to dislodge the government, describing the act as unpatriotic, uncalled for and unpardonable.
“President Jammeh is doing everything humanly possible to ensure development in all facets of life,” he stated before adding, those soldiers who foiled the coup deserve commendation.
Hon. Adama Cham of Kombo North said that Gambians particularly National Assembly Members should condemn the use of the barrel of gun to assume power, saying that Africa should do away with coup as this have now become old-fashioned. The military, he went on, should stay at the barrack and allow civilians to rule the country.
House Majority leader Hon. Churchill Falai Baldeh also described the move as callous. For Baldeh, the coup could have cost the country dearly if it was not nip in the bud.
“Many lives and properties would have been destroyed. The coup is led by irresponsible and immature Gambians,” he said
THE POINT NEWSPAPER
Opposition NAMs Accused of Abetting Treason
Thursday 6th April 2006
By Njameh Bah
At the National Assembly on Monday, the Majority leader of the House came at full tilt to accuse the opposition parliamentarians of being guilty of a treasonable offence.
In Churchill Falai Baldeh’s opinion, the mere fact that the opposition members present at the Assembly during the debate on the motion condemning the March 21st coup d’etat were not seen taking that line of direction “is tantamount to treason”.
To him, for the opposition to be seen that even though they don’t like the coup but they don’t mind it, they should come all out to join other members of the political divide to condemn it.
At that juncture, the Minority leader of the House, Hon. Halifa Sallah, rose up to stress that there is nothing wrong in condemning an undemocratic means of changing government but that it must be premised on principle.
Hon. Sallah, National Assembly member for Serekunda Central, said it was an unfortunate thing that the motion condemning the March 21st coup plot was couched in the language it was.
“It must be understood that when you are dealing with such [coup] you should do it based on principles and not on substance,” he added.
“Africa has become Africa of people. We should not condemn a coup on the basis of the nature of a government. The nature of a government should not be a reason for condemning a coup,” Hon. Sallah pointed out.
“It is clearly stipulated in the constitution that power should not be derived through the barrel of a gun.”
PLEASE READERS DRAW YOUR OWN LOGICAL CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR. YOU ARE THE BEST JUDGE OF YOURSELF AND JUSTICE TO THE NATION |
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jambo
3300 Posts |
Posted - 12 Apr 2006 : 14:04:33
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| is this march going to happen!! |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 12 Apr 2006 : 19:43:55
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| Only yaya knows. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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lavaground
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Posted - 12 Apr 2006 : 21:35:24
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| Hi kobo Mr sallah is trying to tell mr baldeh that even the recent goverment is not democratically elected by the people, according to the countrys constuition. |
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 12 Apr 2006 : 22:19:29
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That't the "death trap" for Yaya to be panic with contributions coming from sober politicians and appear not to be safe with it and decided to deal with the Speaker of the House, Hon. Sheriff Mustapha Dibba as recommended by Majority leader Hon. Falai Baldeh that certain members of the house should be charged with treason after the debate.
THE POINT NEWSPAPER
Opposition NAMs Accused of Abetting Treason
Thursday 6th April 2006
By Njameh Bah
At the National Assembly on Monday, the Majority leader of the House came at full tilt to accuse the opposition parliamentarians of being guilty of a treasonable offence.
In Churchill Falai Baldeh’s opinion, the mere fact that the opposition members present at the Assembly during the debate on the motion condemning the March 21st coup d’etat were not seen taking that line of direction “is tantamount to treason”.
To him, for the opposition to be seen that even though they don’t like the coup but they don’t mind it, they should come all out to join other members of the political divide to condemn it.
At that juncture, the Minority leader of the House, Hon. Halifa Sallah, rose up to stress that there is nothing wrong in condemning an undemocratic means of changing government but that it must be premised on principle.
Hon. Sallah, National Assembly member for Serekunda Central, said it was an unfortunate thing that the motion condemning the March 21st coup plot was couched in the language it was.
“It must be understood that when you are dealing with such [coup] you should do it based on principles and not on substance,” he added.
“Africa has become Africa of people. We should not condemn a coup on the basis of the nature of a government. The nature of a government should not be a reason for condemning a coup,” Hon. Sallah pointed out.
“It is clearly stipulated in the constitution that power should not be derived through the barrel of a gun.”
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Sitasungo
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Posted - 13 Apr 2006 : 00:10:53
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Thank you,
My president Hali[ha is conscious and not stupid.Every Gambian knows this and even church Falai Baldeh who is seen by his own family members as a hypocrete for he made Yaya removed his half brother as chief and put his closest Cousin Falai Baldeh.You see now Falai is also removed and Lamin Baldeh the right ful chief restured.
I know church will be like that.When he was at the Action Aid, he was so corrupt that four times he was demoted.Such people are worth nothing in a civilised society.No wonder he passed the motion to remove his former sponsor Baba Jobe from the APRC when that Man was facing court charges.I am sure he will be the first to condemn Yaya when he know for sure Yaya has been toppled. Sitasungo |
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