Blame Gambians For The Growth of Jammeh 
                 BY SARJO BAYANG, UK 
  Though Jammeh abuses the political gentle nature of Gambians, it is still the people of Gambia who bear the responsibility for cultivating Jammeh. Politics has been associated with economic gains and a mode of socialization. The few who consider themselves wiser than the rest of society play it to suit their selfish ungracious desires.
  
  JAMMEH LIVING LARGE-BUT WILL SOON GO
  It all began when Gambians thought it was politics as usual at a time Jammeh with his fist of deception baffled the course of history. He made lot of people believe in what he was not thinking about. While he was thinking of how to turn everything up-side-down for everybody, those who stood by him thought he was the man to worth their support. 

After quite a while, Jammeh began showing his true colours. Up to a time, a good many of Gambians still thought better things laid ahead. Some of Jammeh's own members recognized that the show was not going to last and that's when they soaked their own hands deep into the wet portion of the national economy. Stealing left, right, and centre, foreign bank accounts were opened under false names and some times in the proper name of the depositing officer. 

Only a small number of people in real terms have enjoyed a good bite of the cake. Jammeh became overwhelmingly suspicious and would throw a dagger at the nearest shadow to his seat. Then began the random elimination, first by position and then by termination of life. 

During the whole period that Jammeh has been growing his new brand of politics the rest of Gambia stayed watch with folded arms to some extent. Politicians challenged him in the old style when Jammeh already changed the atmosphere without them knowing. It was the time Jammeh began his public threats in open rallies, warning that anyone wanting to stand his way risked being buried six feet deep (the regular depth of graves in Gambia) By all these, not many Gambians realized Jammeh was serious about his utterance. In deeper look, Jammeh was never wearing an easy face. 

People continued turning in large numbers to attend Jammeh's meetings wherever he went. He made it clear that he was not there to talk nice. Again, people took all that for a joke. He uttered very ugly statements and still this was like joke to people. It was like joke because in all the years of democratic life in Gambia, nobody thought things could be that way for the people. Jammeh is caught on record saying why the Muslim cemetery in the country's capital Banjul was being eroded while that of Christians on the same soft beach sand remained in tact. According to Jammeh, the alcoholism and evil deeds of Muslims caused their cemetery to fall into the sea. These were unpleasant remarks but still taken as joke by Gambians. Among Jammeh's close supporters especially those hailing from Banjul, some of their very parents, grand parents and other respected family members shared the cemetery that was the subject of castigation by an infatuated president. 

Things continued to go from bad to worse and worst still, many in Gambia refuse to recognize and reject a man whose whole intention and conduct is to feed on their flesh. The new form of growth that Jammeh is seeking to attain is a situation where there is no constitution to restrict him from taking whatever decision. Up to now, some of the people still see that as a joke. When he attains such growth, Jammeh will become more aggressively unmanageable before he is forced by circumstances to his inevitable exit. So much damage would have been done, much more than what the people are already suffering. 

But not all is going well enough to keep Jammeh going. He is now incubating for a drastic hatch. There is an increasing tension that even those who helped Jammeh grow are unwilling and unable to help him out. It is like when a thief is locked in a one-way supermarket overnight. The thief is able to pick all the good stuff but could not carry anything till day break. Whatever way things end up with Jammeh, Gambian people have their own big share of the blame. Many of those who helped him grow now regret why they started it at all. Jammeh himself said so many times that by time that he finished with Gambians, many would wish they have not been born in the first place. In the Gambia of these days there are many more regrets than those jubilating. There is no more joke about what Jammeh is doing to Gambia and Gambians of all strata. When Jammeh departs, the joke will end, o rather when the joke ends, Jammeh departs for good.

Sarjo Bayang

    
Posted on Wednesday, May 03, 2006 (Archive on Monday, May 29, 2006)
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