Having resoundingly defeated the chosen APRC candidate Kebba Fanta Komma in the Sami Chieftancy election, why is Morro Jawla going out of his way to seem to want to ingratiate himself with the same gov't that has visited incalculable tyranny on the very people who voted for him? Seventy percent of the people of Sami voted for him and other opposition candidates in what was euphemistically called a party neutral platform. For all intents and purposes the people of that constituency did not want The Aprc and it's agenda. Morro Jawla's legitimacy is wholly derived from the mandate handed to him by the voters and it was their expressed wish that the none Aprc candidate be their chief. It was all well and good if Mr Jawla continued to strike a conciliatory tone by striving to work for all the people of Sami including the faction aligned to the Aprc. No sane person can fault a politician for extending an olive branch to opponents once a contest is over, after all the entire constituency happens to be under his jurisdiction. However the newspaper accounts of Morro Jawla's statements smack of shameless posturing and an unacceptable bid to nullify the wishes of the voters of Sami. How can an honest politician literally morph from a none partisan Seyfo to one pledging allegiance to a murderous regime he was implicitly elected to stand up to. His supporters endured the state sponsored underhanded tactics that other gambians know all too well. For expediency or someother insidious motivations, it seems Mr Jawla is eager to sell them down the drain in the mistaken conviction that being seen to be close to this vile and corrupt government is his only way to keep his job. I am personally pained that my people who worked hard to ensure that their wishes are borne may have invested their hope and aspiration in the wrong man. If Mr Jawla is indeed enamored with the APRC, then he ought give up the chieftaincy and join the Buba Baldeh crowd. We the people of Sami are not going to be used as unwilling and unwitting facilitators. We are a proud people with consciences. When we give our leaders a mandate, we expect them to live up to our expressed wishes. Political chameleons do not have a home in our midst. Karamba ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------