CHANGE IS INEVITABLE!!!!! There is enough evidence to suggest that Gambians both at home and abroad are yearning for a change of government. Almost every sector of society are fed up with the current administration. Not that they hate Jammeh as a person, but they are opposed to his ill-conceived and dictatorial policies. Jammeh is fully aware of this public concern. He is just playing the foul, but he knows that his days are numbered. Now the questions that comes to mind is : who will effect such a positive change? What will Gambians gain from such a change? The answers to these questions are not easy. But we will try to find answers. I strongly believe that with a united opposition and a highly informed electorates, positive change is inevitable. But i wish to caution that such a change cannot happen over night. It's a big task. Greed, personal differences among the rank and file of the opposition must be set aside. Through this, i am optimistic that Gambians will regain their destiny again from this tyrannical and murderous regime. Nobody is safe in our beloved country today. The ship of state is on the brink of collapsing. We need sincere and committed Gambians to rescue us from any disaster. United we stand, and divided we fall. Our Vote is our weapon. The Opposition should embark on a serious voter awareness campaign to avoid vote buying. The current administration have infested our electoral books with non citizen voters. This was possible, with the support of the jailed MP Baba K Jobe and Abdoulie Kujabi. Regular readers of the Point newspaper can remember the Bakau and Kololi Casamance voter registration. He registered thousands of casamance natives with the IEC. To deny such individuals from voting would be difficult because they have already obtained our national documents. In the interest of free and fair elections, a fresh voter registration should be conducted before the 2006 polls. The issue of supplementary registration is not the solution to the current electoral fraud hitting our nation. These illegal voters should be wiped out from our electoral records. The IEC chairman talked about the possibility of extending voting to Gambians abroad. This is a brilliant idea. We do hope that his boss Jammeh will give his blessing to the issue of extending franchise abroad. Jammeh will receive his biggest shock in life if such a thing happens. ELECTION VIOLENCE Already the killings have started, with the demise of journalist Deyda Hydara. With barely few months to the elections, the media have been the first causality of the pending elections. Jammeh did threatened to deal with those making noise about the 2006 elections. And Deyda was all the time talking about the implications about Jammeh's pronouncements against the electorates. In one of his writes-up, he even warned the regime not to embark on secret killings. This was when Lamin Waa Juwara's life was threatened. Jammeh's "six feet deep" threatening statements will no doubt raise well founded fears as to whether he Jammeh have hands in Deyda's killing. It's up to him to defend himself. But people have already make up their minds on Deyda's death. The recent arrest of APRC officials goes to show that the man is in a state of confusion. He does not trust anybody now a days. This is a sign of failure. 2006 could be an easy ride for the opposition, provided that they put their house in order. If they can resist Jammeh's bully and vote rigging tactics, they will certainly emerge victorious. Jammeh will do everything it will cost him to remain in power. He is not ready to live now. Many observers are not convinced that he will concede to an opposition election victory. He had a loyal army who are ready to execute any assignment from him. HIT SQUAD IN GAMBIA? The Green boys are at work. They killed and fire bomb media houses perceived to be critical of the Jammeh administration. They also abduct people at wee hours . These people operate like terrorists. Their actions are treasonable. Despite their terror activities, against peaceful citizens, the regime is saying that they cannot track down these killers. Well, the administration is good at tracking down journalists and opposition officials on arrest warrants and not the Green boys. The green boys are still walking Scot free in our streets with impunity. How long will these atrocities attributed to the mighty green boys last? Who is spare heading this cowardly attacks against our citizens? What are their objectives? How can Jammeh and his cronies convince us that they are not aiding abetting these thugs? Who will be the next target after Deyda? There are more questions than answers. We hope Jammeh will help us with answers. _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. 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