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[00:04:22]>> [clears throat] >> And the first interview very young in an Where is he going with us?

[00:05:25]nomination end from the public.

[00:05:57]1.

[00:05:59]So they had nothing. So it was the voting was passive.

[00:06:13]view them as positive.

[00:06:17]Positive hope this guy and nobody else out of 165 and they all were voted into the National Assembly. Wow.

[00:06:35]Member understand.

[00:06:38]Okay.

[00:06:46]the question.

[00:06:49]In fact, this A lot of things ministries waste, you know, extra expenditure.

[00:07:29]And he is very anti.

[00:07:40]This is like the black thief.

[00:07:54]Billion. No, it's not billion, sir. I think 8 trillion. Trillion. Yes.

[00:08:01]>> Okay.

[00:08:08]account every year.

[00:08:25]In 2019 and also in 2024, So every day in fact 16 trillion which amounts to what 16 I think It's $16 million US members of parliament.

[00:09:23]Very radical bill.

[00:09:37]He's member of parliament. Sorry overseers and so on.

[00:09:55]So on Friday Why still put them neck Prime Minister members of parliament why his membership was illegal. No resign. [clears throat] [laughter] How can you just nullify them?

[00:11:26]Understand resign.

[00:12:09]President number two the speakerhip against him.

[00:12:44]In fact, because government I was behind that creat Government Parliament.

[00:13:31]DNA test. [laughter] Why didn't he understand the the the the um the doctrine. Thank you. That's the word I was looking for.

[00:14:27]Don't play along. Don't play along.

[00:14:42]Um remove from their position lose everything. Understand?

[00:15:07]Western, Western dominance control of Africa.

[00:15:24]economically.

[00:15:38]France for the resist.

[00:16:07]You know, they talk about neutral. roughly gave about years later.

[00:17:05]Student books at least revolutionary tendencies [laughter] you make. Yeah.

[00:17:35]to some ext.

[00:18:07]Okay. So is divided between passive and antibody level.

[00:18:38]for IMF.

[00:18:57]New death measures.

[00:19:07]Wow.

[00:19:16]Basic 1.8 billion.

[00:19:33]Okay.

[00:19:40]Parliament$13 billion Oh wow.

[00:20:08]$7 billion.

[00:20:14]7 billion.

[00:20:18]Wow.

[00:20:29]IMF.

[00:20:39]So no as prime minister. Oh wow.

[00:20:53]International banks billionational monetary system.

[00:21:28]Yes. National Assembly Prime Minister and so on.

[00:22:16]Assembly, Prime Minister which should be you stand for the truth and what is not because Why?

[00:22:53]Why not?

[00:23:02]economic policy.

[00:23:05]Not only that, why in fact Prime Minister to the past ideology ideology loyalty to the president. To the president. Okay.

[00:23:58]We are yet to see where it is going.

[00:24:12]The new government form under this guy.

[00:24:16]Why do individually consult members?

[00:24:30]You are on your own.

[00:24:33]This this this is beginning to sound messy. Very messy.

[00:24:40]Passive members executive position.

[00:24:54]Why? He cannot just next dominate measures. Mhm.

[00:25:39]difficulties 84 protesters in the street.

[00:26:00]slow down.

[00:26:05]They have to for 55 days 2,000 senagalist posive members between 2021 and 2024.

[00:26:42]>> Mhm. I was shocked about security of the country.

[00:27:04]security.

[00:27:12]He was very unpopular.

[00:27:30]is ringing bell.

[00:27:35]So why Peter understand Africanism.

[00:28:02]Stop.

[00:28:21]or somebody economically, politically and so on, you know. So why not back to that former old system with the colonial system and you know like go back to the same Gambia that's my belief.

[00:29:20]Sagal Gamb.

[00:29:22]I'm eating.

[00:29:47]You think so? Yes, I know so.

[00:29:52]is serious support in this country.

[00:29:59]Seriously. Yes.

[00:30:09]Everybody very statesman.

[00:30:21]because he did a great job and so on and so on. Why?

[00:30:32]Because of conflict about our belief in Mi and so on. I was very surprised on social media.

[00:30:53]What is bringing in this equation? How?

[00:30:57]Well, I suppose new AU >> because it can't be for Gambia.

[00:31:10]>> I don't know.

[00:31:11]>> It can't be for Gambia.

[00:31:12]>> I don't know. It could be, you know, >> again, in the world of diplomacy, you never know.

[00:31:16]>> Well, you know, like because said, man, I wish I could know what this guy is doing there at this heat of this moment because he's still a Gambian and he was very critical to change of government in 2017.

[00:31:29]Momo in the sagal sign agreement at the United Nations go and take over the matter to the security council and we are allowed to come and invade the Gambia if necessary but we must take out J through what's the name of something I don't know I don't know I forgot the name who was Yeah. Well, you know, like he was very instrumental in pushing the agenda of invading the Gambia in in 199 2017. So, who knows?

[00:32:13]You go and meet him and you talk about what how we can still go the old route.

[00:32:18]Who knows? I don't know. M >> I'm just speculating we should be very very careful masses especially the youth the politically conscious youth behind and um in this world religiously.

[00:32:58]I'm dead.

[00:33:14]Echo over because one thing in Okay.

[00:33:48]So that taxes, you know, is a threat to my government.

[00:34:16]There would be mass uprising and I can come down.

[00:34:22]That's another theory. Okay. Conspiracy theory.

[00:34:26]>> This is a bargain pull.

[00:34:30]go and number two.

[00:34:44]This is another thing. It's a theory. I don't know where to why to be honest with you is very uncertain uncertainty uncertainty number one and two how long will this uncertainty last do you think is there an end in sight the end in sight in the Gulf War.

[00:35:29]All of my kids, what do you think?

[00:36:01]and that's a possibility. Okay.

[00:36:20]evolving develop >> you know and uh that's what it is you know why you know ceasefireon for the time being.

[00:37:20]Thank you very much.

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