Jungle sunset,
I never support Yaya and i will never support him based on principle.I happen to believe very strongly in the rights of all humans to be free and pusrsue happiness and their dreams. I must say it doubts me how my fellow Gambians beat drums of support for him given his record and personality. But i respect every humanbeings regardless.
Jawaras humanity will be only known when he is far gone like most before him who worked for something deeper than some of us will ever understand. I have been against the use of force which is advocated by some to remove Yaya. This is not because i do not understand the concept behind tit for tat. But i believe there is no such thing .If we want to be totally fair tit for tit and tat for tat maybe much more fair. But it seems the use of force like Yaya himself used to achieve his ends will lead to more innocent peoples being involved.But i believe all humans have the right to selfdefence.
The simple fact that you doubt whether someone who is Gambian such as Jawara will be allowed in the Gambia lay foundations that one day you yourself maybe legally disallowed to enter Gambia. We must not allow such precedent to prevail. It is within your rights to choose your believes.
To state that Jawara has the capacity to do something does not logically mean someone else has no capacity to do the same. It will surely take them more effort and time.But compared to even some of his followers like you Yaya has less chance to bring sanity in the Gambia.
Security issues are never premature to consider. Iam sure you know that if anything happens to Jawara even Yayas gods will not stop the upheaval that may issue. After 7 years of rambling i think Even the boy king is aware of his own misdeeds. But since people like you are so close to him it never bewilders me why u dont give him more rational advices than he apparently receives.
karl
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>Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 16:27:48 +0000
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>Kalilu,
>
>I have said before that, it is premature to start discussing the
>security of
>ex-president jawara in the country. The question to be answered is
>whether
>he will be allowed to return. And I have no qualms about his
>abilities and
>capabilities at all. The problem I have with him and many others is,
>the
>delusion that he and only he can look after our welfare. I also find
>it very
>difficult to understand why our so-called "younger" veterans of
>Gambian
>politics in the opposition still believe that without him they are
>finished.
>Are they not capable of handling the APRC based on their record?
>
>You may oppose this government to any extent you wish, but do not
>assume
>that others who support them have guns pointed to their heads. Some
>of us
>support them particularly for the path they have carved for the
>country in
>terms of putting in place the necessary tools for national
>development and
>our emancipation. For us to develop, we need peace, stability,
>justice, good
>health and a big investment in our human resources. All these cannot
>happen
>while people are hungry, sick and ignorant. The amount of political
>awareness among Gambians is now very high and is still increasing.
>This is
>very healthy, as it will equip us better to deal with many of the
>issues
>that have divided Africans for so long and forcing them to resort to
>wars.
>We can do without that.
>
>Even though I support this government, I am not blind to some of
>their
>excesses. However, the way to curb these is not through constant
>bickering
>and the incitement of people's passions. I believe that is very
>dangerous.
>You, yourself, acknowledged that the voice of reason and compassion
>can win
>over the hearts and by extension the minds of people. I couldn't
>have agreed
>with you more on that. What I find unacceptable is the stark
>contrast you
>seem to be painting between the Jawara and Jammeh camps. If your
>believe in
>the ability of the former president to restore sanity to our society
>is
>based on such a contrast, then it is reasonable to assume that you
>are of
>the opinion that the present oppsoition lacks those qualities and
>are
>therefore not any different from the Jammeh camp. In other words you
>seem to
>be telling us that the present opposition seriously lack the
>compasiion and
>love, qualities that are glaringly obvious in former president
>Jawara. In
>that case they are no different from the ruling party and are
>therefore no
>alternative to them.
>
>Have a good day, Gassa.
>
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