A MESSAGE TO THE GAMBIAN PEOPLE!!
                          BY JABOU JOH           
  For Dibba to initiate impeachment of Yaya Jammeh is not only suicidal as someone put it, but to be honest, it is laughable because to think that in a body where the opposition is very much a minority and Jammeh's rubber stamp stooges constitute the majority whose job is not to serve the people, but rather to never dare to actually engage in anything that is contrary to their benefactor's wishes, that they would cooperate in such a venture, much less one initiated by one of them is too ridiculous to even contemplate.
   
  
  DISGRACED SPEAKER DIBBA FELL OUT 
  WITH JAMMEH.
  My view on the matter is that if Dibba indeed did initiate such a venture, he did it not because he believed that it would get anywhere, but because it is a last ditch effort by a desperate man who knows in his heart that this regime is in it's last throes and he realizes that he will have to face Gambians after the fact and this was his attempt to save face and save himself perhaps? However, either way, it is a case of too little too late for Mr. Dibba since no matter what he does now, the fact that he mortgaged his self respect by practically selling his soul to this regime cannot be erased by such a ridiculous effort at this late date. 
  As for Jammeh and his apparent madness which seems to escalate by the minute these days, he knows that the end is near and inevitable and he knows it very well. All this so-called walking in the streets to demonstrate that he is well liked by the people is a farce and he knows it. If he really believes that he is loved by the people, then let him walk the streets without his armed body guards and see whether he will make it. Why would a popular president have a need to force the civil servants to march in his support? He is fooling no one but himself and all those who he further humiliates in the process by having them assist him in this futile feel good exercise against their one people.. .It is pathetic and at the same time very sad. 
  Let the people not be fooled by this childish display by a desperate man whose regime is on the brink and the proof that Jammeh is well aware of this is the paranoia he is displaying right now by arresting anything that moves and conducting his on trial of these people in the media while his vice president Isatou Njie saidy actually has the audacity and is not even embarrassed to be giving speeches about the Judiciary being the guardian of the rule of law even as the most ardent violation of the rule of law in our country is being exercised by the very regime she represents even as she was delivering that false statement before an assembled audience and she still thinks that she can convince investors to come into the Gambia by these silly speeches when these same investors are reading about the madness of the Gambia government in media outlets through out the World. 
  One has to wonder if these people are just mad or ignorant not to mention incompetent. However, what can we expect from a President and vice president who actually affix an honorary doctorate to their names which not only makes them the laughing stock of the entire World but also is quite a source of embarrassment for Gambia and Gambians.. Is that not an excellent example that our country is being led by a band of fools and criminals who actually think they can fool Gambians and the entire World? 
  Yaya Jammeh is also running scared these days because he had connections to Charles Taylor and his grand design includes eliminating those who can tie him to those mishaps should Taylor's trial implicate him in any way. 
  He is also trying to eliminate all those Gambians, be they soldiers or civilians who may have any knowledge of his criminals dealings, from murdering innocent Gambians to financial crimes, to illegal ventures he has been and is engaged in. That is the reason he tried to murder lawyer Ousman Sillah after the trial of Baba Jobe was headed to revealing Jammeh as the person that Jobe and others took orders from and represented in all that they did. That is also why he has embarked on this folly of an attempted coup so he can use the occasion to eliminate those who he fears whether real or imagined. 
  It is not difficult to figure out that no one in this regime initiates these misdeeds without the consent of Yaya Jammeh. That fact is not rocket science that we need Dr Madiba Saidy to explain to us. Jammeh is foolish enough to think that he can eliminate all those who can incriminate him in any way and then surround himself with a band of foreigners to protect him from his own people and then he is mad enough not to realize that this in itself is a sign that he is scared to death and trusts no one and for good reason, and that reason is that eh has and continues to commit crimes against our people.. 
  Additionally, Jammeh is trying to manipulate Gambians to the point of reacting to his madness so he can implement an emergency situation and call off the elections he knows in his heart that he will loose. 
  Well, Gambians have now come to realize what those of us on the outside had recognized in this regime long ago and for which they were labeling us trouble makers who are jealous etc. when what we were doing was to side with the truth even if taking that position put us at odds with family and friends who are part of this regime because ultimately, the welfare of the people as a whole and to be on the side of truth and justice stands above all else. 
  What we saw was a brutal dictatorship in the making and that brutal dictatorship has now reached a point where it has not only worsened the economic well-being of all Gambians, hijacked our judicial system and the self respect of a good portion of our citizenry, but it has ruined the reputation of our country around the World and has instilled fear in the hearts of every Gambian because they all know by now that anyone at any time can be the victim of the rampant murder or torture at the hands of the evil agents of this evil regime at any time with or without provocation, while those who are in his employ and those who support this brutal regime know that they do so for no other reason than the protection of their self interest and what they can get from such an association even as this regime is killing and maiming Gambians in cold blood before their very eyes. These people are not daft or dumb, they are a strange breed for whom the pursuit of self interest allows them
 to look the other way as Yaya Jammeh is carrying out a sadistic massacre of our people in front of the whole World. 
  How do these people sleep at night knowing that they earn a living by collaborating with this regime which is tantamount to sacrificing their fellow Gambians? How do the men and women in the NIA and the army who are sent out to torture and murder their fellow Gambians feel when they are alone at night? 
  I sincerely hope that Gambians will not be fooled into not voting for NADD because in NADD lies their salvation, and if they miss this opportunity to remove this curse on our country, it will be their own doing that they will continue to suffer under this regime. So it is NADD or another 5 years and much more of murder and terror at the hands of these people whose mindset and behavior is alien to us as a people. Yaya Jammeh has now almost refined his plan of murdering your sons and daughters by fabricating lies. He is now fine tuning his plan of surrounding himself with foreigners and if he stays there, think of how much worse the situation can be when he is surrounded by a buffer zone of people who have no connection to us and who therefore feel no remorse in killing Gambians. 
  Under NADD Gambians have a golden opportunity of not only eliminating this nightmare we find ourselves living, but in a NADD interim government lies the opportunity to have competent and selfless individuals work to rebuild a country and a system of government that protects the rights of ALL Gambians and paves the way for a bright future for all. 
  We are at the noon hour and we the Gambian people cannot afford to be distracted or to make the mistake of not uniting under one voice and vote for an organization whose leadership has sacrificed self interest in order to engage in a venture that will ultimately save our people from the nightmare that this regime that this regime has brought to bear on our people. Please recognize a golden opportunity and take advantage of it. 
   
    
Posted on Saturday, April 08, 2006 (Archive on Wednesday, April 26, 2006)
Posted by PANDERRYMBAI  Contributed by PANDERRYMBAI
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