>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Congratulations to Darboe on nomination >Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 00:18:39 EDT > >In a message dated 8/14/2001 9:56:46 AM Central Daylight Time, Kebba >[log in to unmask] writes: > > > > "To say that I am disappointed in PDOIS and NCP > > > >Well, i have to say that I cannot make any sense of the fact that all >appearances seem to indicate that PDOIS has been stalling on all efforts to >form an alliance to get rid of Yaya Jammeh. Despite all their >pronouncements, it seems that these people who have been giving the >impression that their's is a selfless agenda is poised to fail us in our hour >of need. >The foroyaa publication that was posted to the L just a couple of days ago >gave the impression that a united opposition was the way forward. However, >this is not what is unfolding as far as PDOIS is concerned. > >The fact that Dibba has also decided to walk out on this colaition is another >senseless action that hammers home the fact that unfortunately, in Africa, >most of our politicians are merely obsessed with the idea of being the "head >honcho, top dog, king of the hill" and this is what motivates them more than >anything else, and when they cannot get this, they either become spoilers or >engage in senseless actions. > >To think that someone who has been in politics for as long as Dibba has been >fails to see that due to all the circumstances at this time, he cannot >possibly organize to head a coalition at this time is beyond belief. It is >inconceivable that Dibba does not understand this, and therefore, the only >conclusion at this time is either that the man is so full of himself that he >cannot think straight, or he is out to be a spoiler as well. > >We must put an end to perpetuating self centered people who see a position as >being more inportant than the service that the position entails. This kind of >thinking is what has given us 30 year presidencies and brutal power hungry >regimes, each still proclaiming that they are democracies, and the World >alas, helps them to prepetrate this lie all the way, complete with >superficial diplomacy and equally senseless protocol, while knowing full >well, that these corrupt leaders are far from what they will ever tolerate in >their own countries. > >Both the endless presidencies and the brutal regimes we cannot seem to shed >in Africa are driven by a desire to stay on top for ever. We cannot afford >this kind of politics and politicians anymore. These people have to remember >that it is we the people that they are here to serve, and they must do what >it takes to correct desperate situations for us when these arise, and the >cooperation in the formation of a coalition at this juncture is just that, >devised to give us back our country. > >Anyone with vision that is not blurred by self centeredness can also clearly >recognize that when we get our country back untilizing the strategy of a >united coalition, and work to put into place and consolidate laws that are >not and cannot be over-ridden by lawless entities masquerading as a >legitimate leadership, then all Gambians can be free to pursue their >respective political affiliations, express themselves without fear of >reprisals, and participate fully in every aspect of our national affairs >knowing full well that they are really protected by laws that cannot be >abrogated by any leader or individual whose job position has gone to their >head to the point that they percieve themselves as some of devine entity. > >At this critical juncture in the history of our country, when every effort >must be made by every peace and justice loving Gambian who proclaims to love >our country and are dedicated to our emancipation as a people and a nation >free from the brutal regime of Yaya Jammeh, it is both surprising and >devastatingly dissappointing that a ny political party who has told us in no >uncertain terms that they stand for, among other things, the idea of our >people being the masters of their own destiny, has not rallied to the call to >rescue us from the impending doom that this present regime is driving us >toward. That idea alone is worth more than anything else that any political >party or individual can give to a burdened nation in their hour of need, and >anyone who fails to heed this call will live wit hthe legacy forever. > >Jabou Joh > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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. >----------------------------------------------------------------------------