Today is five months since Yaya ordered his security forces to massacre our children in broad daylight before the whole world to see. Needless to say, up to this day, no one has been brought to justice for these gruesome crimes. What did we achieve in these five treacherous months for the families of the victims? We have the report of the coroner who did not understand his powers as they relate to the criminal investigation. The report is apparently a top secret document only for the eyes of the Attorney General and the coroner. We also had a toothless commission of inquiry where government officials went and told blatant lies with impunity. The commission's report is yet to be made public. We also have some movement in the Ebrima Barry case; the case that sparked the massacre on April 10 and 11. We shall see what the outcome of that case will bring. The Ebrima Barry case is an open and shut case, which if it was handled properly in the first place, our children that were massacred on April 10 and 11 would still be alive. We urge the court in the Ebrima Barry case to do the right thing this time. Justice should be dispensed swiftly and the court should throw the book at the animals that murdered Ebrima Barry. But the major focus of my posting is the silence of civic leaders back home with regard to the massacre and the subsequent injustice being visited on the families of the victims each day the murderers are allowed to roam the streets of Serrekunda with impunity. As I opined before, opposition leaders seem to be afraid to espouse this cause because they fear that Yaya will accuse them of instigating the students in the first place. This is a shameful state of affairs. Opposition leaders should not allow Yaya to hold them at ransom. The moron will accuse the opposition anyway, because he does not want to face facts. The opposition should desist from these tactical consideration and follow this matter with the same venom they followed the crude oil saga, the groundnut fiasco and the UDP ambush. Time and again, leaders had asked us to be patient and wait for the commission to conclude its hearings. The hearings have been completed for some time now. It is now time for the opposition to take over the agenda and make sure that justice is done. Opposition leaders should sensitize their supporters about the massacre and the lack of justice. It is a shame that leaders do not even talk about the massacre any more. Instead people are busy bickering about some tractors Taiwan gave us or did not give us. This is sending an appalling message to our children. This is telling them that the lives they laid down for a better Gambia is worthless. It is arguable that had the opposition been more effective and pursued the Ebrima Barry case the way it should have been pursued, our children would not be massacred. We should all share part of blame for what Yaya and his animals did to our children and do something about it. The time for old tactics are over. Which brings me to the 'November Elections'. I hate to be a wet blanket, but I do not understand what the excitement is all about. As I understand it, up to today, opposition candidates do not know for certain whether elections will be held and on what basis they would be held. When the IEC announced the election date, they craftily made it conditional on certain things taking place. I might be wrong on this, but I thought Parliament is supposed to pass a certain legislation or the courts make certain pronouncements before the elections take place. Have these things happened yet? Are the opposition and the IEC confident that come November there will be elections? What kind of effect does this uncertainty have on the campaigns of opposition parties? Is it prudent for opposition parties to partake in an election under such fluid conditions; whereby two months prior to the elections they are still not sure that the elections will take place? Again, these elections, if they happen, are going to further legitimize this illegal government. Opposition parties should ensure that there is a level playing field before they participate in the elections. As it is, the integrity of the elections results have already been compromised. Opposition parties are in the dark during this crucial campaign period. As I understand it, the opposition is not even sure whether the chieftaincy elections are going to be fought on a political partisan basis. How can we pin our hopes on such a flawed system? Opposition parties should rally behind the banner of our slain children and mobilize their supporters to demand justice from the government. The culprits of this murder should not go unpunished. 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