In case you didn't get it the last time i said it here, the die has been cast: welcome to the final countdown to end of the terror of the Jammeh era. As we predicted, and contrary to the lies that detractors of the Alliance are desperately peddling, the Alliance's maiden rally in Brikama will forever be remembered as the significant moment which shook the corrupt roots of the tyrannous regime of Jammeh to its core and set in motion forces that can only engineer the end of the reign of terror Gambians have become accustomed to under Jammeh. The follow-up rally in Bakau attended by thousands signalled what amounts to nothing more than the eventual building up of a momentum that can only aid our efforts in decapitating the ugly head of the crack-pot dictatorship. The repercussions of these Alliance rallies are now being felt in all sectors of the Gambian polity. First the moron reacted with his typical stupidity when Bharat Joshi attended an Opposition function by expelling the gentleman from the Gambia as HM's deputy High Commissioner in Banjul without forwarding any legitimate reasons whatsoever on the said expulsion. As i submitted earlier, that expulsion was the high-tide of what is now effectively the building of an anti- APRC momentum. To prove the point, and barely a week after Bharat's expulsion, Sedat Jobe was forced to resign in what is effectively a smouldering crisis within the APRC. Suffice to say that it would not be a matter of exaggeration to suggest that the APRC is now in the throes of panic and disarray. There is a rich irony here. Now, shortly after the YMCA talks that gave birth to the Alliance brought to the fore personality spats within the Opposition, commentators insidiously allied with and sympathetic to the APRC, were busy writing off the Alliance and predicting a thumping "victory" for Jammeh. What a difference a week makes in politics! Effectively, what was being suggested about the Alliance is now the case with the APRC. Today, it is the APRC that is looking exhausted and in complete disarray. As the current momentum continues to build up against the APRC, we must exploit it by gravitating towards it in a manner befitting the dawning of a velvet revolution ala Czechslovakia and Poland in the late 80s as Communism drew its last breath in Eastern Europe. The Alliance must seize the initiative and intensify the pressure on the beleaguered APRC. As the APRC frantically tries to grasp the meaning of the current momementum building up against them, the Alliance must enter ever nook and cranny of the Gambia and convince the Gambian peoples that on the 19th of October, Jammeh will be emptied into the dustbin of history. Also the Alliance mustn't relent in the message Mr Darbo cogently spelled out in Brikama: Gambians are moving forward to an era which politically, socially and economically rewards hardworking citizens and the equal protection of the fundamental liberties of all Gambians will be a sure thing of post- Jammeh Gambia. This message is the message. It is coherent, subversive, progressive and in sync with the hopes and anxieties of ordinary Gambians who continue to be brutalised by this crack-pot regime. The momentum that we have earnestly prayed for is finally here. We mustn't let it slip through our fingers. The effective and relentless onslaught the Alliance has embarked upon since the 18th of August must be intensified by all means. That way, the only possible way Jammeh can delay his inevitable demise, is to postpone the October elections. Or worse declare a State of Emergency on the spurrious premise of National Security concerns. Either way, we will mustn't despair for credible and legitimate alternatives exist for us that we must fully exploit. When the tough gets going, we must take to the streets and engage in all sorts of civil disobediences that will paralyse the regime. The Alliance must remember and never forget for a minute that the moron is finished. All he can do now is to foolishly try to subvert the current momentum by thuggishly bullying innocent citizens into submitting to his will and all sorts of crazy tomfoolery in order to maintain the status quo. Let the Alliance take comfort from the recent histories of the Serbian and Ivorian peoples who stood their grounds when the crack-pot dictatorships of Milosevic and Guei tried to brow beat the peoples of these countries into succumbing to their will through amoral political chicanery and malevolence. Similarly, albeit the morons desperate attempts to keep together his disintegrating evil regime, the moron is done for; nothing can save him now. Whilst we wait earnestly for October 19th, when we start penning his obituary, we might as well start counting his final days - nay, his final hours in power. Hamjatta Kanteh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------