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Dembish
Gambia
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 Posted - 15 Sep 2009 : 20:02:45
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| Shaka I will take your side on that,The issue is raised out of the NAM for Serekunda Central being unaware that the SHEIK has publicly declared his support for the coach to stay regardless of the financial cost, otherwise, I believed this question will never be raised in the national assembly.My only confusion of the whole issue is I am flabergasted by the misters remark that "THE PUBLIC MUST NOT KNOW THE COACHS SALARY" who is he serving then? If the national assembly members should agree with him to keep this important public issue secrete from the public, then they should all be voted out in the next election, be it APRC or any other opposition current member in the paliament,I am impressed with the remark of Sedia telling the minister that he must tell them.For the member of Serekunda central,may GOD save you from the SHEIK's angush.You will be lucky if you are not expelled from APRC, there by loosing your seat in the paliament and prompting a bi-election, as usual those are the sheiks strategies to dismiss a member of a paliament under Aprc ticket. |
There is no egg without a chicken, and no chicken without egg. |
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shaka
996 Posts |
Posted - 15 Sep 2009 : 23:28:45
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I am flabergasted by the ministers remark that "THE PUBLIC MUST NOT KNOW THE COACHS SALARY" who is he serving then?Dembish
The answer to the above is: the Sheikh!!! He has the Sheikh's blessings he needs not fear anyone hence his adamant arrogance in parliament. |
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Moe
USA
2326 Posts |
Posted - 17 Sep 2009 : 06:55:04
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Hon. Sidia Jatta, the National Assembly member for Wuli West, has branded as an insult to the dignity of the National Assembly, the comments made by Mr. Sheriff Gomez, the Minister for Youth and Sports, who was responding to a parliamentary question about the salary of the country’s senior national team Coach, Belgian Paul Put.
Youth and Sports Minister Gomez last Thursday told deputies at the National Assembly that the issue of the Coach’s salary should not be a subject of discussion at the Assembly. As he put it, it is personal to the Coach.
This, however, did not go down well with parliamentarians, and in his contribution to the motion on the adjournment debate on Monday, Hon. Jatta described the comment as “an insult to the integrity of the National Assembly”, stressing that the principles “must either be holy booked or holy sacrificed, but cannot be compromised”.
“Madam Speaker, the manner in which the Minister of Youth and Sport responded to the question concerning the salary of Coach Put is an insult to the dignity of the National Assembly. The principles must either be holy booked or holy sacrificed but cannot be compromised. What happens here the other day with the Minister of Youth and Sport is compromise of principles,” Hon. Jatta told the National Assembly members.
According to the Wuli West National Assembly member, “one would only cry if he/she knows who Coach Put is, his capabilities and how much he is paid”.
He then urged the Speaker of the House to tell the Minister to bring the information to the Assembly with urgency and without compromise.
He stated that “the Assembly is the mind of this republic and as such it rests on the members’ shoulders a big responsibility in ensuring that whatever is done is in the supreme interest of the people”. This responsibility, he added, should not and cannot be compromised.
“We have to make sure that whatever happens here is done in the supreme interest of our people. And we must come against anything that is not to the interest of our people”, he said, noting that “this is why they are representatives of people and whatever they say is more important than anything said in this republic”.
He said that’s why nobody can come to the Assembly and dictate them, as according to him, they are the mouthpieces of the people.
“No one can come here and dictate to us because we are the mouthpieces of the people; we are the minds of the people and that is why we have sworn that we will always stand and uphold the constitution of this republic. We must always bear that in mind because that is why we are called parliamentarians,” he concluded.
Author: Alieu Jabang & Sainey MK Marenah
Source: Picture: http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/sidia-jatta-hits-at-sports-minister |
I am Jebel Musa better yet rock of Gibraltar,either or,still a stronghold and a Pillar commanding direction
The GPU wants Me Hunted Down for what I don't know ..... |
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Janko
Gambia
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Posted - 17 Sep 2009 : 14:20:22
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| I never new that the best method to kill a snake is to hammer its tracks instead of the snake ... well ... mm … that may work only in Gambia, the land where wonders never … |
Clean your house before pointing a finger ... Never be moved by delirious Well-wishers in their ecstasy |
Edited by - Janko on 18 Sep 2009 01:22:51 |
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shaka
996 Posts |
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Janko
Gambia
1267 Posts |
Posted - 17 Sep 2009 : 15:23:24
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Originally posted by shaka
You see how quick these robots were to atone for their sins!! They hurriedly invited Observer journalist in a frenzy of praise singing to make up for unwittingly bringing up the Sheikh's finances to public scrutiny. What a bunch of slaves!!!
http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/lawmakers-hail-president-jammehs-humanitarian-gestures
... He went on to commend the president for sending many Gambians to perform pilgrimage in Mecca. This, according to him, clearly manifested that The Gambian leader does not only want the citizens to live in a peaceful country but that he also wants Gambians ‘to go to heaven’. “We in The Gambia under the present global situation are lucky to be blessed with the type of leader who does not only care for us in this world, but even hereafter.” He also lauded his humanitarian move by ploughing back to the citizens the proceeds of what he grows on his farms. ... |
Clean your house before pointing a finger ... Never be moved by delirious Well-wishers in their ecstasy |
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shaka
996 Posts |
Posted - 17 Sep 2009 : 16:37:56
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| Janko stop being so jealous. Only the Sheikh can take you to heaven. HARE KRISHNA!!!!! MA NYAKA SAMA NDEY NGEWEL'A NEKHH!!! |
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Janko
Gambia
1267 Posts |
Posted - 17 Sep 2009 : 18:06:53
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Shaka, jealous, yes I want to go to janna too.
It reminds me of the “indulgence document” priests in the middle ages sold to people as a passport to heaven. |
Clean your house before pointing a finger ... Never be moved by delirious Well-wishers in their ecstasy |
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Momodou
Denmark
11634 Posts |
Posted - 17 Sep 2009 : 20:34:15
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Sports Minister Under Fire Again
By Saikou Jammeh
As the house reconvened on Monday, deputies are showing no sign of respite in their quest to know how much it is costing Gambians to sustain the services of Paul Put, the head Coach of the senior national football team. Thus the Minister of Youths and Sports, Mr. Sheriff Gomez has again come under fire for declining to disclose Coach’s salary to deputies who are still adamant on knowing it.
The member for Foni Bintang, Hon. Ebrima Jammeh drew an analogy that, “it was said here that to travel out of the country is a nightmare, but it is also a nightmare to have a minister who cannot tell us how much a Coach is paid. It’s amazing,” he complained, adding that the minister should have told them how much the foreign Coach Paul Put is paid for the sake of transparency and accountability.
Hon. Member for Wuli West Sedia Jatta also added his voice to the hullabaloo, charging that members have compromised their principles since they allowed the minister to leave the House without disclosing to them the Coach’s salary. He said the minister should not have left without telling them how much it is costing the country to maintain Coach Put’s services. “Principles must be wholly kept or wholly sacrificed, but cannot be compromised. It was wrong to compromise because it was an insult to the dignity of this assembly,” he told members with emphasis.
“Madam Speaker,” the opposition parliamentarian went on, “your office must tell the Minister to bring that information here now, urgently.” The Majority Leader who is also the member for Serre Kunda East, Hon. Fabakary Tombong Jatta also adding his voice said there is no information that cannot be disclosed to the National Assembly. Backing himself with the constitution he said even the President or any member of the Cabinet feels disclosing specific information to the public is not in the national interest, he or she is compelled to tell the Assembly.
“We are not saying he should go away,” he added referring to the concern raised by the member for Bakau who had sounded an alarm that they should not let the Coach go. “What we are saying is that we want his salary to be known to us. And we are urging him to immediately furnish us with the Coach’s salary”.
It could be recalled that members on Thursday had asked the Minister of Youths and Sports how much the coach is paid during ‘Question and Answer Session’ at parliament.
The Minister’s response was that the Coach’s salary was personal to him thus not meant for public discussion. NAMs however, insisted that the minister must tell them how much the Belgian football expatriate is paid. The minister then pledged to do so since they wanted it that way, noting however that it is not in the best interest of the nation.
However until last Tuesday Mr. Gomez failed to either turn up at the assembly or give members the information which they are bitter about. In a chat with another member, he disclosed to our reporter that the consequences of the Minister’s failure to disclose to them the Coach’s Salary could lead to writing a petition against him.
Source: The Daily News |
A clear conscience fears no accusation - proverb from Sierra Leone |
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kayjatta
2978 Posts |
Posted - 18 Sep 2009 : 06:54:03
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"The Minister’s response was that the Coach’s salary was personal to him thus not meant for public discussion. NAMs however, insisted that the minister must tell them how much the Belgian football expatriate is paid. The minister then pledged to do so since they wanted it that way, noting however that it is not in the best interest of the nation."
Wow this statement by the Minister is absolutely interesting. Revealing the salary of national coach Paul Put is "...not in the best interest of the nation"?  What kind of salary is that? I think it is clear that both the Paul Put (the coach) and the Minister of sports should be fired. That will be in the interest of the nation... |
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mansasulu
997 Posts |
Posted - 18 Sep 2009 : 18:22:14
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| Wow...when will the Sheikh step in...or are we at the dawn of a much needed legislative independence. |
"...Verily, in the remembrance of Allâh do hearts find rest..." Sura Al-Rad (Chapter 13, Verse 28)
...Gambian by birth, Muslim by the grace of Allah... |
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Jack
Belgium
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Posted - 19 Sep 2009 : 17:53:20
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i really dont have a clue, but i guess it will be not less than 200,000 (2hundred thousand) dal a month with some extras like a free car, home, etc
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