Being away from the List for a while, and not following the discussions
recently, I may not be the right person to say this but I certainly cannot
understand why is it that when a government supporter subscribes to the List
their registered names are not respected. Calling Mr. Kebba Jobe Kebba "JOKE"
tells a lot about the way some are not sensitive to others opinions. Kebba
Jobe is a Gambian name and we all know some antigovernment supporters here
who are subscribed using false names. So what is the shouting all about?
I think we are better off talking about issues, instead of calling one
another names. Yes, it is a forum for everyone and we are all entitled to our
opinions, but name calling is the least we could do. When any one raises
their voices for the regime, we tend to assume that they are one of the top
government employees.  Let us call a spade what it is. Is the opposition
paranoid like Jammeh used to be called?

On the raising of funds for the opposition, some people have raised some very
common and sensible questions, but all that they can hear is let the
contributions come in and the later that could be discussed. What kind of
arrangement is that? So some will cry loud, but why? Not everyone who is
against this regime is convinced that there is a viable opposition. None of
the opposition parties at the moment can be called the leading opposition
party for they are all after the vacuum the Jawara government left there.
And yes, I always bring this up despite some call it foul, but one must know
their history to determine their future. If these opposition parties cannot
come together, what makes any 'unsound' Gambian like me to think that they
can even rule the country? I have no doubt that in my 'narrow' mind that they
cannot. And just as some have already said here despite all the loud cries
for these parties supporters, they cannot convince us that there is a chance
for the opposition when they could not even maintain their seat after such
disasters as the student massacre. It is obvious that they have not sold any
agenda to the voters but human rights. And as one gentleman rightly pointed
out, there is more to governance than just human rights. We were one time
staged high as a human right respected country when on the ground some of us
knew there was nothing like that. The opposition has a lot more to do that
just going around telling us that there was vote buying and that was why they
lost. Imagine having a family in the Gambia who cannot afford their daily
food, and now having that from someone in this government. How it is done is
a different thing, but most of these families have been like that well before
this regime. So if they are getting that from this regime, what makes one
think that they will not vote for them? The thought of the future? They never
had the opportunity to think like that and they might not have a lot at
stake. It is high time we all face the reality and know that there is more to
the Gambia than the one without Jammeh.
Hey let one cry loud and foul as much as they want, but telling the truth
those not mean to hurt any party.

Ousman Jallow Bojang.

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