Thank you Brother Demba.

While aiming for a complete change, we might make small gains along
the way. Most, if not all of us would welcome incremental change and
we must keep pushing on all fronts. However, year by year the
situation keeps deteriorating and it is readily apparent that Jammeh
will keep using everything at his disposal, brutally, to keep the
status quo.Thus my skepticism on any meaningful change while he leads.

Failed coalition building debacles has many competing truths and
opinions but it would be futile to tackle that subject now. In terms
of presidential elections, only a united front will have potency but
even that will not guarantee victory. As we know one man controls all
the avenues to free and fair elections.

This regime will most likely be removed by force through an uprising
after electioneering or an incident of murder, torture, arson or what
have you. Or by coup d'etat. I don't think elections in itself will
remove this regime, that is not to say we should stop trying.

Happy 2013.

Edi Jah





On 28 December 2012 20:08, Demba Baldeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Bother Edi,
>
> Thanks for the comments.. You said "only wholesale changes can get us out of
> this mess".. While I wholeheartedly agree with changing Jammeh and his
> system for good, I think our aiming for complete change instead of
> incremental changes has somewhat hindered our progress in the last decade..
>
> This was one of the fatal mistakes of NADD.. We wanted a perfect and
> complete change of leadership and system at the same time.. This is much
> more difficult to achieve rather than compromise in changing the leadership
> and then the system, we wanted it all and lost it all.. The same mistake was
> repeated in coalition efforts in 2011.
>
> Had we worked on making progress on common grounds the dictator would not
> have had the kind of absolute power grip he is able to amass today.
>
> So I still believe with collective efforts on civil and political resistance
> both domestic and international, maximum pressure can be applied on Jammeh
> that can weaken his grip on power thus force him to accept significant
> changes...
>
> Off course we still prefer effective lasting changes that can put us on the
> path to viable democracy... That forever prevents the Babli mansa
> mentality...but we need to have more than one formula or at least be willing
> to get something meaningful done..
>
> Thanks and Happy New Year in advance 2013..
>
> Demba
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> Indeed Haruna.  Demba I cannot imagine genuine dissenting voices within the
> A(F)PRC. The minority leaders appeal will only be heeded if it suits their
> modus operandi.
>
> Only wholesale changes  can get us out of this mess. Jammeh has such a
> stranglehold on everything including the not so independent IEC, it sad to
> say, the opposition will never pass one meaningful bill in that assembly
> while the "all powerful mansa" is at the helm.
>
> A tactical alliance would be beneficial but would not amount to much. Even
> if a coalition is managed at presidential polls and the opposition wins we
> might only end up with a Kenya or Ivory coast scenario.
>
> Happy Holidays to all.
>
> Edi Jah
>
> On 27 Dec 2012 21:28, "Demba Baldeh" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for sharing Edi. It is sometimes refreshing to see people standing
>> up to what is not right in Gambia.  I think the minority leader triggered
>> this and even asked to meet the President.
>>
>> Now, imagine if they have 10 - 14 strong voices in the house constantly
>> challenging the status quo? There are several ways of challenging and
>> forcing a dictatorial regime to succumb to changes... The presidential
>> platform is not the only way to change the status quo in Gambia.  If the
>> opposition had formed a tactical alliance and got at least five of their
>> leadership in the house, we would have seen some difference in how the
>> government is run in Gambia... They could have forged a better alliance with
>> the press and other in active civil society groups to challenge the status
>> quo particularly the media censorship...
>>
>> But nope the same old formula expecting different results... two steps
>> forward three steps backward will never see progress..
>>
>> Hope you had a Merry Christmas and look forward to a blessed new year.
>>
>> Demba
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 4:32 AM, Edi Jah <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Kudos to Fabakary Tombong Jatta if he wasn't prompted to say this to
>>> portray some semblance of [non-existant] democratic values at our
>>> rubber-stamp national assembly:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.africareview.com/News/Gambia-Majority-Leader-opposes-media-ban/-/979180/1651698/-/135gxtwz/-/index.html
>>>
>>> Edi Jah
>>>
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