Dear Karamba,
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I must say this is the most beautiful contribution I have so far read in this
discussion and thank you for this great work.We must not allow to reduced the
plight of our nation to an issue of negation with a ruling power that is daily
proving beyond all doubts that the interest of the nation is secondary to
their personal interest.If I should allow my self to take part in such a
political dialog with this regime,then I have consciously allow myself to be
reduced to a political opportunist.Anything less than demanding the
resignation of the Jammeh regime and work to see it done will be a political
compromise.I have just been wondering what mandate will such a committee
have,if there would be any.If such committee intend to tell the Jammeh regime
that He ,President Jammeh need not to give contracts to Morrocans when
Gambians can do it and or that he even need not to renovate the State House
when he spend most of his time at Kanilia and or that we need that money to
buy X-ray machines,papers to print our birth certificates etc,then it is much
more better for the committee to ask Jammeh and his government to resign from
office.
What do we have to reconcile ?Our right to oppose a political party we
believed does not and could not serve the interest of our nation ?What is
there to reconcile ?I am just wondering !!
The solution to the problem,which Dr Saine claimed he did not find in your
posting,which I found there,and which I believed is the only solution to the
problem,is,again,we must continue our struggle against this regime.Your
demonstration in Washington was a success,and we need more of it,both at home
and abroad,it shows that no matter how little our contribution the results is
what matters most.
Your reaction to some of our Gambian intellectuals is a proof of the fact that
even "Cow dung" are more useful than what some of these people have in their
heads ,because our poor peasants could use "Cow dung" in their farms(as Mao
would say)and expect better harvest.You are very right to say that as far as
it is not their personal interest that is at stake they would not the least
care,whether this intellectual is call Dr Saja Taal or Sedat Jobe,the interest
of our nation is always secondary to their personal interest.But history will
deal with all these people.Keep on the good work down there as brother Bass
would say.
For Freedom
Saiks
I must confess when some great list members proposed we make a collective
effort to engage the government of Yayah Jammeh, I felt a sudden shudder in
my spine. Sure their intentions are most laudable in that they want us all to
try to work at resolving the numerous problems we face as a people. They set
out parameters that could conceivably serve as a framework for the dialogue
even though this government by dint of it's nature would find those basic
conditions anathema. If a government has to be goaded into treating it's
people lawfully , it is my contention that attempting to constructively
engage that government would not only be inconsistent, it would also
inadvertently rationalise all the wrongs that have come to symbolise this
regime. Why, list members , do you think it would be worthwhile to engage a
government whose leadership constantly run roughshod of the laws and
constitution of the nation? They have honed criminal behavior to a fine art
by murdering and torturing their opponents with impunity. While they were
quick to throw people out of their homes and confiscate their property, they
have failed to properly adjudicate these so called cases of ill-gotten wealth
in a court of law. Their intention was not primarily geared towards
recovering public funds , something I support whole heartedly, rather they
embarked on their brand of justice which was essentially premised on
vindictiveness.
If for some reason some list members want to hold their noses and agree to
engage the president by proxy through his aids in a bid to bring change, I
can say with reasonable certainty it too would be an exercise in futility. Do
we seriously that Dr Sedat Jobe or Tombong Saidy or anyone close to Yahya
would somehow turn to men of virtue ? They know this President is a criminal
and ought to be removed from office but being in the positions they are has
gotten the better of them. They will tag along for as long as the shipwreck
avoid making them casualities. For the men around the President, no price is
too high for them. The people of the country can die of treatable illnesses,
schools can fail and the people can wallow in extreme hardship, these folks
would take no responsibility. They and the man they serve are content with
running a rudderless government that is unraveling to the core. They have all
become experts at shirking responsibility and blaming someone else for
institutional failure. How for example can the president possibly do anything
about corruption when he is it's very embodiment. Sure he would loudly and
personally dismiss a few government employees as a way to posture for the
public and to some extent the international community most of whose leaders
would not touch him with a ten foot pole because of his questionable
legitimacy. It would however be seen for what it is, a hollow and meaningless
harangue that does not address the rot the he personifies.
I think a better Gambia lies squarely in the hands her children. We must
always be thankful if the thoughtful among us urge us to coalesce and do
good. Since we are all stakeholders in the affairs of our country , our
efforts would hence be primarily self-serving in that the very things we
endeavor would benefit us too. By the same token , I believe we have a
similar responsibility to reject off hand a tyrant who by all indications has
ruined the country in a cruel and cynical drive to enrich himself and oppress
an already beleaguered people. What i would urge list members is to do all
they can to remove Yahya Jammeh and all that he represents and help build the
institutional framwork that can enable us all to do right by our nation and
people
Karamba
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