"I believe that Muhammed Drammeh
betrayed his own guidelines. Drammeh initially advised that Ousainou
should not be deemed to be a coward for seeking sanctuary at the
Senegalese High Commission but then not not only did he, Drammeh,
subsequently personally try to prosecute Ousainou he ultimately went
to the extent of sentencing Ousainou to life on the
'Island-of-no-return-from-cowardice'. Seriously, If Ousainou were a
coward or a selfish opportunist, he would have by now joined the APRC
regime in some capacity" By Bailo
Jallow Bailo; you speak the language of the
quran in the above statement, i could not add anything more to it.
Unfortunately, the only person who is still oblivion to this fact is
Mr Drammeh. As he wondered why he was condemed for his
blasphemy.
Lord Devlin once said "
a rebel is
right in thinking that he has a right to rebel against society, but he
was wrong to think that society would condone his
rebellion". Mr Drammeh started his
diatribe on 5 April 2009 on the Gambia post. At first i did not
want to read it or participate in it. But the post was not enough
for Mr Drammeh. So he brought it to the Gambia L, who knows where
else he was heading with it, if did hep him to put sense in
him, Fredomnewspaper, BBC, CNN. That was the reason for my timely
intervention, which was two weeks later on 17 April
2009.
Contrary to what Mr Drammeh struggled to allege,
I did not start by attacking him. I started by asking him to
explain what was his yardstick to confirm that Ousainou
is a coward. He never bothered to asnwer this. I tried to
help him understand the rational behind Darboe's actions. I even
went as far as explaining to him that what Ousainou did
was not cowardice but that of a Lawyer exercising his convention
right, under the 1951 Geneva convention.
However, just as Saihou Mbalow, Haruna, Suntu,
Ginny, and many others had tried and failed, I had also
failed to convince this man that Ousainou is not a coward.
However, to make matters worst and unlike his reactions to others,
this ballooney started fabricating stories about me being chased by
Major Bojang. That was very much uncalled for, then he wondered why i
had to go after his lineage.
The simple truth is that
Drammeh thinks he is a clever man, but he is a fool! He claimed that
Ousainou is a coward; I am a coward, because i ran away from
Major Bojang; Haruna is a coward, because he wouldn't bother
responding to his emails. So, he expected me to do,
what derided, as "the Darboe thing". This hero boy
failed to understand that what he was insinuating was an insult to
all Darboe's without realising. Yet he finds it offending
that his father was dragged into the
banter.
If Drammeh only claimed
to be a PDOIS, NADD, sympathiser, our exchanges wouldn't have
gone this far. Simply because, Drammeh, is not the only Talibe of
Halifa Sallah in this forum. However, his difference to the
rest is that they know their bounds whilst he doesn't. You can
support a party without insulting others.
However, once
you attack or insult other people's party, you cannot expect them to
condone your actions; fact. Drammeh could have done a good job by
just stating the fact that he is a PDIOS supporter or even go
further to praise Halifa, Sidia and Sam as the
power of
trinity. Write books about their bravery and see if i
care!
As far as I am concern, if Halifa,
Sidia and Sam are that brave, they would scold Yahya by the throat
and drag him out of State House. But they have not done that
yet, have they? So what's the fuss about their
gallantry?
As for the actions of Dr
Jaiteh, I do not wish to comment. I knew Dr Jaiteh at Kotu
Bojang's compound in Brikama, i do not think he would remember me
now, that's if its the same Dr Jaiteh. I had high regards for the man
then then and will continue to have that for him now, even if he
decides to exclude me from his national bantaba.
I had been excluded from the Gambia post, then
Yusupha and George reinstate me few months ago without my
authorisation. However, i still chose not to contribute on there
beacuse their actions are only akin to that of Yahya Jammeh.
I hate censureship and cannot see a moral justification
for it. For that reason i commend all those who stand against it here.
I will go silent for now, but will surely come back if i
heard any more Lawyer Darboe diatribe.
I rest my
case!
Yanks Darboe
The Darboe's
don't run and are not cowards,
simple!!!!
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:50:24 -0700
From:
[log in to unmask]Subject: Justice for Muhammed Drammeh
-Thank you
To:
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Dear All,
I am very grateful for all your
effort in ensuring my right to participate in the democratic
process of The Gambia.
Some of you disagree with you
but you still want my rights to express myself restored. I
cannot say anymore except to express my gratitude.
Members of the L know that my
attacks on Darboe were not personal at
all and all I did is to talk about issues. My brother Musa
Drammeh won two elections for the PPP in 1987 and 1992 in Sandu.
My cousin Chondi Drammeh stood for election for the UDP in the
1997 parliamentary election and lost. However much they are
attacked I will not take it personally and I was still opposed
to the PPP even though Musa Drammeh was a parliamentary
secretary under the Jawara government. I oppose the APRC
government even though Susan Waffa-Ogoo who taught me English
Language until I passed my Common Entrance
Examination was/is Secretary of state under Jammeh.
My dad's elder brother Alhagie Bineh Drammeh stood for the GPP
in 1987 election. Despite my relations with the above I will not
react if they are attacked for their policies. Despite Yankuba
Darboe's relation with Darboe he should never have reacted the
way he does simply because Darboe is his relative. I only
attacked the action of Darboe. As matter of fact I would not
have come to this conclusion should Yankuba Darboe not started
trading in insults. I was not allowed to contribute to the L
while Yankuba was allowed to continuously call me a liar.
Despite all these I refrain initially to respond to Yankuba in
the way he started. Yankuba went as far as insulting my Dad who
has never ran for office of any sort. Thus there was no need to
attack my dad on the grounds of "emotional reactionarism". Some
in in L call me a PDOIS supporter. Yankuba Darboe went as far as
calling me an NIA. He even accused me of being an APRC
supporter. No no no I have never been an NIA never will and I
have never supported the APRC and never will. however my
opposition to Jammeh is not geared towards the hatred of his
language grouping. It is geared towards my opposition towards
his policies. I still have a very good relation with Susan
Waffa-Ogoo despite our political difference. The last time I was
in The Gambia I even visited her home. As a matter of fact some
of Susan's friend thought that she was my mum.
Thus members of the L I
support or oppose a parties simply because of policies not
because of "nepotic sentiments".
Members of the L may I inform
you that it was my friend who while in the services of The
Gambia Red Cross Society, was shot dead in headquarters of The
Gambia Red Cross Society. This was my friend and his name is
Omar Barrow. When I went to The Gambia in 2004 I visited his
widow Awa Sanneh. If there is anyone who should be angry I
should be the angriest. I lost a personal friend. My anger
however will never be geared towards the hatred of Jammeh's
tribe but my opposition of his policies. This is what
principled people do. They act and they do not react. I believe
in a Gambia of Productive economy, I believe in a Gambia where
labour is rewarded and not mere the labour power being paid for.
I believe in a Gambia where every one should live in liberty
dignity and prosperity. I believe in an enlightened Gambia.
I believe in the Gambia where Presidential monarchy is
demystified. I believe in The Gambia where every one say no
to exploitation, no to servitude, no to degradation,
no to cowardice, no to political bullying, no to dictatorship,
no to megalomania, no to tribalism, no to nepotism, no to
opportunism and no to poverty. I believe in The
Gambia where there is equal opportunity for all. I believe in my
life time of in the life time of my grand children this will
happen.
Members of the L we are all
working towards the common good of The Gambia. We will ever be
true to The Gambia. It is time that we start working for The
Gambia. It is time we throw away the vices of tribal sentiments
and concentrate on the national interest. It is time for honest
leaders to emerge to at least to support the honest and brave
ones we have at the moment. In Sedia Jatta, Halifa
Sallah and Sam Sarr we have honest, brave and principled leaders
and thus they should be supported despite our
sentiments.
Muhammad Bai Drammeh Bin
Alhagie Sheihu Muhammad Lamin Drammeh Bin Muhammad Kanday
Drammeh bin Muhammad Kissima Drammeh bin Foday
Drammeh |
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