UDP/U.K Midland campaign Secretary Salute a great peace loving son of the
Gambia. For those who wish bullets and rifles, they are welcome to Yahya's
Gambia. Ousainou says no to such thoughts. Thanks Bamba for a brillaint
article.

Dear Editor,

Allow me to challenge those who doubt  Ousainou's leadership qualities.
*By Mr. Bamba Mass (A UDP MILITANT IN THE UK)*










WHY doubt Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, UDP Leader’s bravery against The Jammeh
regime?

Gambians have to choose between continued state dictatorship and state
democracy. Otherwise we would all remain
on the peril of an eminent doom.

I have nothing to say to President Jammeh for I belief the fault lies at the
very feet of us all .How can one man with Just
a few, hijack an entire nation boasting , “if you don’t vote for me Gins and
Devils will” or No development will come your
way and yet every body folds their arms and watch waiting for God to
intervene?

I challenge our fellow Gambians/ Cassamance APRC militants and supporters
with these words “ if you want to know
your leader bluffs, come this  2011 elections, let all of you vote
opposition and let us see if Jammeh would win or
remain in office”!

Gambians choose Ousainou Darboe to lead them against dictatorship. He was
not even present at the congress when
the UDP was formed. He was out of the country then. But as every true son
would be expected to do, He sacrificed his
personal safety and that of his family and accepted the challenge. What more
bravery can anyone ask for?
It was no secret that the Jammeh administration wants to retain power at any
cost but the fact is people vote for him in
elections not devils or gins as he claimed.

SOLDIERS who unlawfully took power by force of arms intending to kill to get
to the top, would never honour any
promise they give as their true intentions was only to reap the nation of
all the achieved dignity and respect it had as a
state. They said Gambians deserve better and only Gambian sons and daughters
in uniform can redeem HER. So they
took power to redeem us fooling us all with one news after another. First
they promised to restore democracy, then
accusations after accusations creped in, they began killing other members to
pave ways for them to stay. Then came
the removal and replacements of Alkalolus, chiefs and commissioners who they
belief would dance to their tune and
help them strengthen their grip on power and finally that some so called
elders wanted Chairman Jammeh to remove
military uniform and stand for election. Today Gambians cannot even elect
their own Alkalolus or chiefs any more. Now
I ask those doubters of Ousainou, have we been redeemed or enslaved? That
phrase is for Gambians to truly answer.
Yahya Jammeh is on record saying that  the Jawara administration stayed too
long in power thus allowing rampant
corruption and wide spread mismanagements of public funds even though it was
with those mismanaged funds he
Jammeh was granted a scholarship at the Gambia High School by the very
regime he accused.

Now Gambians where are we heading to? If all Gambian intellectuals and
labour forces fled the country to escape
Jammeh and his Hench men leaving the likes of Ousainou and other opposition
leaders to face the hardship alone,
who are we to criticize them? I belief what we as Gambians in the Diaspora
should do is try find a solution to bring all
the political parties together to challenge Jammeh on a single unified
ticket without any ado and based on mutual
respect and understanding rather than character assassinations which I
belief would help only Jammeh and his group.

The UDP (United Democratic Party) came to birth to fight democratically
through the mandate of the people to restore
Gambia’s image and prestige in the international arena. Just like other
Opposition parties, PDOIS, NRP, GDP, ect.
It is common knowledge that great men and women of the Gambia most of whom
 were UDP militants, have suffered all
sorts of tortures, death and disappearances at the hands of the junta
compared to other opposition parties. Despite
this, UDP continued to flourish and its Leader Ousainou Darboe continued
even more vigorous attacks on The
Jammeh administration in the open. It is an open fact that His Party had
suffered more than any other opposition party
in the history of our dear nation and yet more seriously some who want to
invariably point in the wrong direction by
making personal attacks against His person when they have fled the Gambia
while he stayed to fight for us all. If that is
not bravery, then I don’t know what bravery is.

I personally can vouch that Ousainou's critics do not even know him one bit.
Maybe they expect he should do more and
it is a fact people expect their leaders to show bravery even at the point
of death but what use is a dead leader apart
from looking for his/her successor? Am sure that’s why a lot of those
critics over look the type of the Gambia we have
all found our selves into and the dangers it entails. But if they are true
to themselves, Ousainou may have benefited
them directly or indirectly because there is hardly any Gambian who either
directly or indirectly through one of your
close or distant relatives, Ousainou has never served in his profession.

Although criticisms are welcome because when you are chosen to lead and once
you accepted, you are bound to
expect criticisms so as to upgrade your weak points and I am sure with
Ousainou having people criticizing him is a
blessing to him for he is infallible as any mortal.

Gambian society needs to change because some of those very critics would
push the whole world to be closer to
Ousainou if he were president today just out of greed to get official
appointments as most Gambians do not support a
political party but support their pockets. We are all witnesses to these for
many former Jawarites have turned
Jammehrites overnight.

There is no dispute amongst Gambians for we are too inter mixed and we all
would attest to the fact that the Gambia
was far more peaceful, democratic, a heaven for even foreigners yesterday
than today. How comes no one trust the
other today? You cannot even talk to your brother for fear he might be an
informer why?

I would do so much injustice if I should conclude without saluting some
brave comrades within the UDP who paid so
much a price and their families suffering as a result of their sacrifice to
safe us all.
The likes of *kebuteh Jafuneh *UDP (beaten at Denton until he was vomiting
blood. he died of his injuries after)

*Mr. Njie *from Nuimi a UDP militant, Killed at point blank range by
soldiers at Talinding High Way when UDP was
holding a rally and APRC supporters at Tombong Jatta's compound started
throwing stones and causing a disruption
to a lawful assembly. Soldiers were called and they came and started
shooting discriminately thus the young boy with a
bright future was seen in a pool of blood. He too died on the spot while a
lot of UDP militants suffered injuries as a
result of gun shots.

*Omar Barrow* also a UDP was killed during the un forgetful students
demonstration of the 10th 11th April while in the
services of the Red Cross an internationally recognised institution whose
services is always needed in times of crisis.
He was targeted just because of his party affiliations.

*Mr.Kanyiba Kanyi*, a great UDP supporter captured allegedly by the most
feared NIA and never seen again. He
disappeared and his family and friends feared him dead as no traces of him
are known.)
MAY ALLAH GRANT THESE jambars OF UDP PARADISE IN "JANNAH TUL FIR DAWSI."...
Amen!
Many UDP party militants have suffered so much at the hands of the APRC and
its organs of suppression. Have
Gambians easily forgotten the chammoi Bridge incident? The Baba Jobe and
Jara Soma attack on the UDP? And many
similar attacks on Ousainou and his Party Militants by the Jammeh
administration.
*
Brave Single Nyassi *was tortured and beaten all the time

Dodou Kassa Jatta my friend a UDP official was arrested and tortured. Baba
Drammeh had to flee the country for his
life. Solo Sandeng, and others were arranged before a sham court accused of
murder when they were only defending
themselves against foolish young men whom Momodou Soma Jobe and his men used
to cause havoc and spread fear
amongst Gambian to so that  their Leader can retain power for as long as he
chooses.

Even Waa Juwara suffered while he was a UDP official.

Most recently a great champion of democracy and UDP Campaign manager Mr.
Femi Peters was unlawfully captured
sent down one foot by the Junta's chosen employed Nigerian Judge, and
sentenced through a kangaroo court to a
year imprisonment for organising a rally.

Even non politicians who are brave true sons of our land have suffered.

Our dear uncle, brother and father *Dayda Hydara (R.I.P.)* was killed
cowardly for standing up against dictatorship.
*Ousman Koro ceesay* paid with his life when he chose to serve his country
and work with the junta. Even our own
brothers and sisters in uniform are not spared; a lot of them have died or
disappeared. Students too fell to the bullet in
their tens while many hundreds suffered injuries. And a lot of our brothers
and sisters still languished in jail. The
Government is even planning to build more prisons as Hotel mile two is full
to the brim. People of Yundum, prepare
your selves for this new Hotel.

We all knew for a fact that this administration would not stop at anything
to cling to power. Ousainou’s personal life and
that of his family is all the time under constant threat and yet some few
anti Ousainou Gambians still question his
bravery? Where were those critics when all these things were happening? Why
can’t they go home and challenge
Jammeh? If not then let’s pay kudos to those brave men and women who are
still there challenging Yahya Jammeh
remembering that they stayed fighting for us all.  Because we cannot
question their bravery when we all ran out leaving
them to face the music.

AFPRC is a regime that over threw the former leader because of corruption
they claim. For they accused the first
administration of leading flamboyant lifestyles  but my God unless I am
blinded but there is more flamboyance in the
Gambia than any African state. Not only over riches of our redeemers are
today, but continue to plunge the nation
deeper down the ocean while they remain afloat. Every Gambian is held by the
throat
Gambians need to take a closer look at Ousainou Darboe. When the regime came
to power, there were many
Gambian intellectuals, but no one dared challenge the soldiers. So if
Ousainou chose to sacrifice his safety and that of
his family, I personally believe Gambians should be grateful they have a son
like him. He could have chosen to serve
the Gambia by joining the Men in uniform just like many other greedy
Gambians did but he chooses to lead by
example. It is no dispute Ousainou is a well to do lawyer who never choose
personal interest above collective one.
Therefore he is truly a model leader to follow.

Therefore Ousainou and UDP extends its hand of peace, democracy and the lost
Heaven to all Gambians and foreign
nationals who love the former and  the Gambia to help it unseat this regime
through national and international
franchise for all Gambian citizens at home and abroad. So that THIS REGIME
that cheated us all of our most peaceful,
democratic and friendly nation, once called the Smiling Coast would be
history.

I also would like to salute other opposition Leaders and their party
militants for their bravery in this struggle. We are in
the same sinking ship so there is no time for a  blame game. Join us to find
 a new and better captain who would lead
us to a safer Gambia.  PDOIS’S Halifa, Sidia and party militants, PPP’s O.J
and party militants, NRP’s Hamat and party
militants, GDP’s Gomez and party militants, Lawyer Mai Fatty and Party
militants and the entire media fraternity abroad.

You are the voice of the broken children of the Gambia.

Thank you.

*B.Mass (UK)*




-- 
Surah- Ar-Rum 30-22
"And among His signs is the creation of heavens and the earth, and the
difference of your languages and colours. Verily, in that are indeed signs
for men of sound knowledge." Qu'ran

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