DOMINICAN REPUBLIC/MAINLAND CHINA $112 MILLION USD WIN.IS YAHYA NEXT?
On the yahoo main head lines today didn't we see the Dominican Republic
leap over Taipei to receive more money from Beijing? Yes we did! The new
Dominican prime minister fits the micro phone culture.He received the bulk
and then used diplomatic jargons and gymnastics to leave the small
island.He calls it "unrealistic" diplomacy.This man is new and his
predecessor could not have stopped the process.
This is the very reason why term limits benefit old and new regimes.When
the old one gets stuck and then allows new brains to step in,the likelihood
is that the nation will benefit.Well if America the greatest power and
economy has been urged by democracy to adopt that lesson, why not us?!!!
Being one of the poorest! and one of the least developed in the world?!
The above could be called prostituting diplomacy but it would have been
worse if it is the old regime(which befriended Taiwan) who did it! The
Dominica Rp played their cards very well in this case. The Taiwanese cannot
make much noise on that because every new regime can either continue or
stop diplomatic ties for reasons that benefit the people.Guinea Bissau
learnt its lesson when they soured diplomatic relations under the same
regime that brokered those very relations.The Taiwanese spread all over the
world what they did for Bissau and insulted their leaders as opportunists
and chronic beggars.This scandal happened when the former Bissau first lady
was there shopping like ours.Can anyone imagine that disgrace?!!!!!!!!!!!!
Taiwan has been facing such u-turns and they have listed regimes that are
sending opportunistic signals to Taipei.They are ready for those leaders
and will sell their names and deeds to every corner in the world.
Macedonia received 3 Billion USD from Taiwan for such "brief case"
diplomacy.They left under the pretext that UN troops were blocked from
decending on their territory because the move was vetoed by Mainland China
at the UN security council.
How about us? The Taiwanese are observing the way Banjul's gang is trying
to treat old and close friends like Muammar Ghadaffi.The cards being played
at the geopolitical arena are not for lunatics,they are for sane souls to
handle.
There are rumours that other third world African countries (West most
likely) that are going through tough economic problems may follow suit and
join Dominican Republic as soon as possible.The timing matters too.Here we
are seeing a Taiwan that is crossing one if its most challenging political
episodes! Opportunists flee when the going gets tough!
Where is Baba Jobe? Where is Yankuba Touray? Where is Babading Sisoho?
Where are the Libyans? They were indeed the tellers at the spiritual bank
near Kanilai.
Would someone or some opportunists who scraped Jobe to show the IMF
frimness in a culture of theft and shamelessness care about leaving our
Chinese on that small Island for more dollars? Well Macedonia's economy is
at least better than ours.
OPTV will archive its files for now and see what will happen.Opportunism
and shamelessness are very bad diseases.How about if deception is the order
of the day?
Please revisit the heading of IMF'S press release once again.Now that JObe
is behind bars and the Kanilai Television of nocturnal dancers and
wrestlers needs D8Million to start transmission in the provinces, let us
sit and watch.It is a lie the money has not been secured.OPTV knows very
well that the SOS who wants to force Gambians drink  this additional bitter
pill was lying.We will not reveal what we know until when they put more
dirty cards before us.
This could be a good lesson for Blaise Jagne to think deep and stop
canvassing for votes in Accra.

Binneh S Minteh
New York University.

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