An honest advice to President Jammeh!

You will be making an important trip to the US, and be participating on the
global arena meeting with leaders of different countries and organizations.
Clearly after five years experience on the job, this is not an attempt to
question your ability as an experienced leader  in these areas. Although, as
a Gambian, and whether one supports you or hates you with a vengeance; we
would like other leaders to see our President as a serious leader, full of
wisdom, maturity, depth and someone that resonable people can do business
with.
It is fundamental to be aware that rhetorical politics for home consumption
can be an effective political tool, but when that same rhetoric is use in the
global arena, it can trigger an unfavorable image. Your usual stance on
bashing the west, wrapping yourself in the politics of the sixties,  champion
of neo-african unity can sometimes come across very hollow and  unfriendly to
potential investors.

President Clinton is maybe one of the most liberal politicians, but
understood the importance of repositioning his politics as a moderate to
capture the Presidency. Sir, in the dawn of the twenty-first century, it is
smart politics to reposition your political believes, and pursue a radical
politics of being a centrist whose sole purpose is the socio-economic
development of The Gambia. At this early stage of your Presidency, Gambian
people are not in search of an African messiah to free the Africn continent.
We need a bold reasonable leader to forge  solidarity within the Gambian
people, champion favorable Trade relationship with the west and the globe as
a whole, and to introduce honest dewmocracy to the Gambian people.

Good luck!
Musa Jeng

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