Ousman Bamba
3945 Lancaster Ln. # 321
Plymouth, Mn.55441

May 9, 2008

Hon. Bangalee Trawally
Chairman, Board of Advisors, Minnesota Mandingo Association
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Dear Mr. Chairman,

I write to remind you that the constitution of MMA (Minnesota Mandingo Association) is not children's law because children's law can be broken anytime without warning.

Julius Caesar, one of Rome’s famous generals said to conspirators when he was asked to grant pardon to Publius Cimber who was expelled from Rome by Caesar by law that, "I must prevent thee Cimber, these couching and these lowly curtsies might fire the blood of ordinary men and turn pre ordinance and first decree into the law of children, be not fond to think that Caesar bears such rebel blood".

Mr. Chairman, our current President Mr. Musa Kamara has no legal basis to draft our constitution without any petition or two third of the vote as stipulated in the constitution. I therefore want to bring to your attention that the current draft of our constitution is undemocratic and has to be halted immediately through your swift intervention. Death should not be a constitutional matter, but rather a matter of policy within our community.

I am not signifying that Mr. Kamara cannot amend the constitution; I am saying that it has to be done in accordance with the old constitution of our organization. Allowing Mr. Kamara to amend the constitution without legal backing will give rise to future problems. Prevention is better than cure.  Article XI section 1 of our constitution drafted on December 23, 2003 states that, “The constitution shall be opened to amendments. Section 2 says the proposed amendments must be submitted to the President in writing explaining the rationale of the proposal; Section 3. The amendments shall be effective upon approval by 2/3 majority of eligible voters.

Right now, if we allow Mr. Kamara to do what pleases him and his administration, what will we tell Mr. or Mrs. X and his or her administration in the future when he or she decides to change something in the constitution that they don't agree with? Please, Mr. Chairman, I beg you in the name of justice to stop this act of dictatorship.

With great regards for you and your good office, I remain resolute and anticipate a swift and decisive action from you.

Respectfully,

Ousman Bamba (OBE)

 

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