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kondorong
Gambia
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 Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 00:36:49
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I hope to some reserach on this topic. I believe that there are lot of good things that the party has done and should be brought to the fore.
Please respect other peoples views.
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Sister Omega
United Kingdom
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Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 00:51:29
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Kondorong Of course the party has done many good things however there is always room for improvement.
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kajaw
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Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 01:00:06
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Kondorong,
Sure there are good things that are attributable to the regeme but one must not use that as a measure of whether a regeme deserves to be in power.
1. I never understood why for over 30 years, the jawara regeme was content with only 5 high schools creating two classes of students. I moved from Badibu to banjul just to go to school and i had class mates who were living with relatives in banjul and kombo in horrible conditions. Improvements in the education system from highschool to university are something that can be attributable to the regeme. I had to go to Ghana for my college education because there was no 4 year college in gambia.
2. Improvements in healthcare are also notable.
So ther are somethings one could highlight as improvements. However, we all know that Adolf Hitlar brought back Germany from the brinks to a Super power in a short time. However, that never justified the horrors he metted on the rest of the world. We all know that until resently, zimbabwe had one of the highest levels of literacy in Africa. Much of it attributable to Mugabi. Yet in very short order, he destroyed his country in a cloud of smoke. Regemes must be judged not only on their short term archivements, they have to be judged by the lasting effects of their reign. All the infrastructure Sadam built has been distroyed due to his folly |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 01:05:34
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One of the key issues that comes to mind is the level of interest it has brought to the young generation regarding political issues. Forums have emerged everywhere and so have been oneline blogs discussing politics. Gambians have become more political now than never before which is quite attributable to the Government. While some may argue that it is a consequence of the problems we face, but was it not the problems that have infact led the APRC. Overtime, this only helps us better manage our political landscape.
It might be tough road, but it is a learning curve for many of us. |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 01:07:12
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dbaldeh
USA
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Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 01:50:19
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Kon, I admire your ability to see or feel the other side. Off course the Jammeh regime have lot of credit due to it. I was one time a firm defender of regime change that brought him to power. I fully endorsed his ideas of accountability (did not leave upto it), his ideas of building hospitals and schools in the neighborhoods they are needed, his setting of the commissions for government officials to declare their assets (except he excluded himself) and also building infrastructue(roads & the airport where I worked before)
Jammeh's most noticeable credit is the TV station. These are all great ideas and good things for the people. That credit is due him and at the end of the day Gambians could probably use that to reduce his sentences for ruining the rest of our lives.
Now having said all what looks like credit to one man, the credit actually belongs to the entire Gambian people. The resources used belongs to the Gambian people. There is nothing on earth any leader can be proud of if you fail to simply response to basic needs of your people. So yes, it was done during his watch, but it is nothing like we don't deserve it. It is our dues and giving it back to us should not take a lot of sweat.
Finally, whatever Jammeh might have done for Gambia, there is nothing that equates freedom, dignity, the right for one to live a life. If you take away my right to live, my power to say yes or no, and my ability to provide and protect my family, then it does not matter what you do for me. If I can put my pants on? I don't want you to tell me how to or put it on for me. It is as simple as that.
A close friend of mine and I had discussed ways we all can come up with ideas to work with the regime for positive change. We talked about how we as citizens can form groups/organizations and contribute positively towards our nation building. Jammeh is our opponent but not our enemy. At the end of the day we either have to live with his regime or under another regime. We must be prepared to open a dialogue with him and forgive him if he is willing to change for the better. After all, Jawara is living free at our expense. So yes, Jammeh has some credit thanks to the Gambians who did not destroy the peace by taking arms and destroying our country. The overall credit should go to our brothers and sisters who in one way or the other lost their lives. They have sacrificed their lives either willingly or unwillingly for us to continue to live. May their souls rest in perfect peace - we will always remember them..... |
Baldeh,
"Be the change you want to see in the world" Ghandi
Visit http://www.gainako.com for your daily news and politics |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 02:04:58
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But you see baldeh, i concur with your idea that the resources belong to the Gambian people. Howver, because all of us cannot be leaders, leaders emerge. He cpuld have chosen tp look the other way and not build a TV station for us. For me the TV was the most i will be grateful for. I always rememebered to this day, when a Senegalese mechanc who reneted in our home said why ibought a Tv even though we had no station. Tv sets were more or less house decorations thanks to Junkung.
More so, it has made the rest of the country accessible to every one. Some who never saw the interior of the country were amazed how some really lived. The early days of the TV showed rural life to the dismay of many inBanjul and the well to do in Fajara, Cape Point and pipeline.. i will continue tomorrow.
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 19:42:39
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Another success of the APRC is religous freedome within the muslimcommunity. Now you can build a mosque anywhere so long as you have the resources. Before 1994, you could not. Religious households controlled mosque construction. Bundung was an example. Now we have more than five mosques that can conduct Friday prayers. For the benefit of of non muslim readers, there are two types of mosques. Mosques without a minaret do not generally qualify for Friday prayers although other prayers could be performed there.
People used to pray in the streets in the hot sun on Fridays, yet the religious households never wanted peole to be "independent". Now you have much choice that some mosques are not really full. |
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njucks
Gambia
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Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 20:41:00
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Originally posted by kondorong
The early days of the TV showed rural life to the dismay of many in Banjul and the well to do in Fajara, Cape Point and pipeline..
what type of statement is that? aren't people in these areas the sons and daughters of rural people who just happen to work in Kombo.
perhaps a point you should talk about irrespective of whether you are defending or attacking is that pupils/students no longer carry their own chairs and tables to school. since you are from the provinces and keen on education you can dilate on that further?
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 20:47:47
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| I will discuss every success of the APRC. Trust me on that. I have no political friend. But i am not afraid to commend a good job but quick to rebuke if you cross that line. I will talk about education. I just dont want to be rushed. |
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njucks
Gambia
1131 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 20:58:19
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ok so you're compiling another list . i think you have drank some of the magic water |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 21:11:59
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| I SURE DID. I WAS A ONETIME DIE HARD WHO IS NOW RECONVERTED HALF WAY. YOU REMEMEBR WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT LIE CONTEH WHEN THEY WENT TO PLEAD FOR HIM THAT IF A CHILD MISBEHAVES, ELDERS SHOULD HELP RECONCILIATION. WILL YOU LEAD ME TO STATE HOUSE SO THAT I CAN JOIN MY BAND OF BROTHERS AGAIN |
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salimina
253 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 21:13:57
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| njuks, the magic water has done wonders on this forum. We are all victims |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 21:15:52
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| Well everyone drank the magic water in 1994 except jawara and his cabinet. I think some peopel derailed the course and hence the disunity now. |
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jambo
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Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 21:16:25
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You were a one time die hard who is half converted, when will the other half get to join you  |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jul 2006 : 21:19:07
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can you keep a secret. i was offered a cabinet position. KEN DUMA REYE DESS
MAK DU FETCHA YAL NA DEH.
LU BARR BUGA LA MBOTA BUGA |
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