Gambia-L,
Those of you in the computer know-all world are quite aware of the saying that
"If speed kills, Windows users will live forever. " I took a day off, the whole
day on Wednesday, to attend to some important private matters (and Gambia-L),
but when I put my system on, I was informed that a certain General has
interfered with some modules in my computer. I have never met General Protection
Fault, in person, although I have heard a lot about him. I thought that the GNA
has sent one of their top brasses to my computer, but after hauling my PC inside
out, I discovered that General Protection Fault is the pseudonym of Bill Gates.
I really wanted to sue him, but after reading my seven-page END-USER LICENSE
AGREEMENT, the so-called EULA, I decided to leave Bill Gates "trankill" and go
after the demon and his zombies: Yaya Jemus Jammeh and his dacoits.
I was only "grounded" for about 58 hours but all the mails from Tuesday evening
to date were safely delivered. The one that really caught my eye was that of
Sister Soffie Ceesay replying to Tombong's piece about the composition of A
Commission Of Inquiry. Her two-question two-liner is something that might be an
oversight to most of us, but it is really worth treating. Only Soffie knows why
she asked the question ".why just men?". To most of us the reason or answer is
apparent, for NO true, real Gambian woman would want to be in the cast of Yaya's
pantomime. Most Gambian men reading this will, inwardly, agree with me that the
most venerable people in the Gambia are the women. We do not say or show it
because of the universal masculine psychic deficiency, that we men, the world
over, have always been suffering from.
The average Gambian man sees a Gambian woman as an extension of his mother. The
degree of respect can never be diminished when it comes to a "Tanta", "Yumpagne"
or "Barjen". We even give these appellations to women who are not related to us.
Ya Amie, Ya Awa, and Na Khaddy are no more than neighbours to me, but I am bound
by their virtuous integrity and the respect I have for my own mother to call
them so. However, it must be stated that there are limitations to these
extensions. The woman in question must maintain an impeccable integrity for her
to attain the esteem we have for our mother. When a woman fails in her duty as a
mother and lacks the compassion and maternal properties associated with
motherhood, then that woman (generic) loses all esteem and veneration accorded
to women. This is a fact that all Gambian men, including Yaya Jammeh, will
attest to. A true, real and virtuous Gambian Woman is always guaranteed of our
admiration.
The reason that there are no women in the Commission could be searched for in
two suppositions either:
(1) The She-devils must have convinced Yaya not to include any woman in it.
(2) Or some women were approached to be in the Commission, but they declined.
I am 100% sure that the second conjecture is the reason. The planned activity of
the Jammeh machinery, to mobilise Gambian women to a "Million Moms March", is a
clear indication that the true Gambian women have turned their backs...(Jutoo,
in other words) on Jammeh and anybody associated with him. Thus leaving it with
the women of the second category mentioned above. They know that the iron is
getting
hotter and hotter under Jammeh's "seat", so some women without satisfactory
maternal virtues are attempting to entice other women with false information to
rally around Jammeh. I think what these people are celebrating is what Saul Khan
called "countdown to the last days of an era". It is just 40 days after the
massacre of children and women are planning a celebration. This shows what type
of women we are dealing with here.
The idea Soffie's piece gave me was to set-up our own Commission on Gambia-L
with
more women than men. For the chairmanship of this Commission I had two people in
mind, Madiba and Kebba Dampha, but I have fired them before they were informed
of the post. This I have done in accordance with Jammeh's practice.
The Gambia-L Commission of Inquiry is comprise of 8 people whose duty is to
report on the massacre of children for demonstrating on 10 and 11 April 2000. I
have therefore selected and "sworn in" the following:
Soffie Ceesay
Jabou Joh
Ndey Jobarteh
Astrid Christensen-Tasong
Mineratou Loum
Solomon Njai
Dagma Christensen
Alhaji Mustapha "Bawdor" Fye will chair the commission. He is selected to chair
the Commission because he has 3 (Three) hearts. One good heart, one bad heart
and the only person I know in this world with a No-nonsense heart.
Cheers
Prince Coker
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