Mr Jallow in as much as I welcome you analysis I would like to insist that
you be honest without honesty we cannot engage in a serious intellectual
exchange, first and foremost just speak-out without pretending to be none
partisan for it self evident from your postings you are still die hard APRC
OR A PRETENDER. I do not have any qualms with what party you support in a
mature democracy that would be the prerogative of any adult and that is the
beauty of rainboow ideas.

My contention is that  your point of departure with your analysis is false,
first and foremost if Jammeh was doing this for honesty intergrity and
transparancy then we need'nt have been doing this now, why you may ask? well
let's take the case of Baba Jobe, it is well documented like yourself that
Baba is a criminal, if this is the case and everybody is aware of that how
on earth could this fact escape Jammeh for him not just to nominate him in
the most important law making  institution but went on to make him that
leader of such an august house. Knowing that this was against the basic
norms of decency, clearly this shows that if anything Jammeh does not have
any regards for the intergrity of the institution nor for the Gambian
people, his only regard which has become paramount is his own self intrest.
At the time of his appoinment it was clear that Jobe was a favourite, it had
been constantly rumoured that Jobe was the most powerful in fact as powerful
as Jammeh, there was so much myth around him, people believed that he could
get away with murder, i mean literally. Hence his criminality and finacial
impropriety was never a secret. The question now is why did Jammeh turn
round and stab him whiles he was still running his errands, your position
viz this question is that he trying to bring accountability. Of course any
astute political observer would argue that Jasmmeh is not intrested in
accountability, but one thing he have learn to develop expertise on is
sacrificing, as soon as things start to go wrong and people start to
question he would creat a story a big story to bolster his image as the
squaky clean guy of course we are all aware that Jammeh is extremely rich if
he were transparent he would have to subject himself to some form of
economic "autopsy" to enable Gambians to see behind the rhetoric.


As in the case of Yankuba, it still we have to wait and see what the
allegations are we must not jump into conclusions, you have alaways wanted
to be treated fairly during you case, hence I think it would be prematurew
for you to run into conclusion, this afterall might be politically
motivated, after all Jammeh is always scared of challenge and Yankuba I
understand was a relatively poipular person, in any case I do not feel sorry
for for he on many occassions have been that most vehement defender of
Jammeh so feeling the taste of the medicine is a good thing.

APRC by semantic defination is a political, but in reality it does not
operate as a party, the structures that make it a party are absent, that
iswhy the arrests of Jobe and Yankuba, came as a surprise to many Gambians
at home, these two people were the main organisers that rallied women and
youth into what is deemed to the APRC, you may purported to know what is
happening in the Gambia but I belief you do not have a clue, without the
face of Yankuba AND Jobe the APRC is no more, that is precisely why I made
the assertion that it is only a party in name and not in reality.
>From: Ebou Jallow <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: THINGS FALL APART THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD
>Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 18:50:49 -0500
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>Mr. Kah,
>
>Not so fast… this might sound like a premature autopsy, and I would beg
>to differ.  The APRC is not a movement as you asserted but a political
>party with a constitution at the core of its establishment.   Although I
>may be guilty of being a skeptic, I am not a member of any political
>party yet I do tend to sympathize with the APRC.  However, I shall never
>hesitate to raise the red flag on any subtle cant from the perceptions
>of an opposition militant.
>Jammeh’s actions against his own party stalwarts demonstrate two astute
>lessons howsoever tenuous the situation appears politically: legal
>action against his own party members restores a moral order which shall
>enhance further glasnost, accountability and probity.  On the other
>hand, the shake up shall give room for much needed reforms within the
>government in order to cultivate legitimacy and transparency.  All these
>values are well enshrine in the APRC party manifesto…in fact they
>reflect the very platform that anointed Jammeh to leadership after the
>coup in 1994.  I hope the other political parties will also have the
>same moral courage to commit to such uncompromising self-appraisal
>rather than pamphleteering cynicism every other week.
>
>
>Ebou
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