Perhaps if you are concerned and you express your concern to her about that
statement or any other statement, you may get a clarification from her.
The lady wrote her editorial and it turns out the contexts ran into each
other unintentionally. If you read that entire paragraph you will see her
meaning and how that meaning made the culprit statement out of place. That is
why I shared my anxieties with her. Fatou may correct the perception at
Maafanta time permitting. But if she does not change it there, just read the
entire paragraph and you will be satisfied with the correct context. I know
you're looking for someone to force UDP/NRP to form an alliance with PDOIS.
It ain't gonna happen no time soon. So start holding your rallies and set a
date for your congress. Bye Dad. Leave me alone. If you're a Maafanta fan,
why don't you let Maafanta know that. You are all too willing to let us
know that when you perceive them to averse you!!!! This is what Ace and Fatou
were talking about as the Gambian condition Dad. When did you leave Gambia
Dad??
Haruna. Don't humbug me. You're always looking for trouble with me. Why
Dad. Why?
In a message dated 3/25/2010 3:23:09 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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Chei my Uncle, am sorry too for getting on your way. But the honourable
Fatou JM should also share with us what exactly she meant by "or force the
opposition to form an(d) alliance" not to you alone. There are maafanta fans
out there and deserve the right perspective from thier able
editor/publisher.
Nyang
--- On Thu, 3/25/10, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: I give you the Honourable Fatou Jaw Manneh.
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 1:44 AM
I stand by my statements and Fatou has since acknowledged to me she did
not mean "or force the opposition to form an(d) alliance. I don't know what
you're talking about Dad. Sorry.
Haruna.
In a message dated 3/24/2010 8:36:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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Uncle Haruna,
Thank you for sharing sister Fatou’s commentary. I also like the quote you
outlined as the quote of the day. I however prefer it together with it’s
preceding sentence.
"Gambians have to rise up, trash the opposition if necessary, or force
them to form and alliance. The power of the people lies not in the hands of
Jammeh or the opposition leaders but with ordinary Gambians", Fatou Jaw
Manneh.
Power not in the hands of the oppositions leaders, Simple truth. However
the people still need leadership. Hence the need for a opposition parties
and a people’s alliance. People in organised groups in the form of political
parties and the remainder (the un-oppositions) as you call them or better
put the non-partisans or independents who are in the overwhelming majority.
I think these are the opposition Fatou is talking about hence her view to
differ on the notion that there is no strong opposition on the ground.
Nyang
--- On Wed, 3/24/10, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: I give you the Honourable Fatou Jaw Manneh.
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 11:33 AM
Brother Ace,
I am pleased you find this quote inspirational. This was the idea for the
contours of a roadmap series to culminate in a civil society organisation
CSA. The opposition is but a part of the power of the people. The other
part lies outside the oppositions, united or separate. I generally like to
say:
The opposition forms the wishbone of people power.
It is counterproductive to malign, castigate, browbeat, or force the
opposition to do anything if your pursuit is freedom from persecution. You
encourage your oppositions and organise the unopposition around commoner
issues.
Haruna. Joining your persecutor for the shortcomings of the opposition
tantamounts to cowardice, timidity, dishonesty, and possibly suicide. No
matter your disdain for the opposition. At least they are trying to do
something.
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To: [log in to unmask]
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Sent: Wed, Mar 24, 2010 1:44 am
Subject: Fw: I give you the Honourable Fatou Jaw Manneh.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
" The power of the people lies not in the hands of Jammeh
or the opposition leaders but with ordinary gambians."
Fatou Jow Manneh
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have to
rise up, trash the opposition if necessary, or force them to form and
alliance. The power of the people lies not in the
hands of Jammeh or the opposition leaders but with ordinary gambians. I
just read a strong commentary from a cool
Sent: Tue, March 23, 2010 9:54:51 PM
Subject: I give you the Honourable Fatou Jaw Manneh.
But for the "forcing the opposition to form an alliance" part, I am in
total agreement with Fatou's sentiments and anxieties. Haruna.
Is Yaya Jammeh Our Perfect President?
by Fatou Jaw Manneh
Methinks so.
Well the saying goes that a leader is a reflection of its people and that
cannot be more accurate than in the Gambia.
Yaya Jammeh is the chosen leader of the Gambian people and it’s high time
that Gambians in the Diaspora get to
grips with that. Don’t mind the disappearances, the arrests and the dead.
Actually the more people disappear, the
more ‘patriotic’ Gambians become.
For the frightening reports from back home, well ,what are we going to
do about it.? If Gambians on the ground are
not ready to take matters into their own hands, who are we to question
the status Quo?
The same Gambians giving us these scary reports back home are the same
people, who will do whatever it takes to
get jobs from Jammeh. Whether it be giving in a neighbor or an uncle, if
it will throw a few crumbs on their way, go for it
please. Does the name Sheik ring a bell?
Gambian journalists should be commended for saying it as it is. The whole
world truly knows who “the rotten ones are".
Looking back, no wonder, the slave trade flourished in the Gambia, not
only because we had a port for it, but because
we don’t wiggle ourselves out of terrible situations. We wait for others
to come help us. Bakary will sell Lamin to a slave
trader John Williams, hoping the trade will cede before they get to him.
Am sure they used to pride themselves in
throwing their uncles into the net than saving them. In this APRC era, it
is called Patriotism, am not sure about the
terms in those days. (Lamin Dee Toubabala, Allahlay Nyingfo), Give lamin
to the white man; it is God’s will. It is no
different now so we better come to terms with it.
In 2007, when I got arrested from the airport in Banjul and detained at
the NIA headquarters for 6 days, little did I know
the epiphany that awaits me. I was so upset that fear was completely out
of the equation. I thought well, if there is going
to be any showdown, here it comes. Before the pickup truck turned into the
NIA gates, I PRAYED TO God to give my
Mum and my two sons all the strength necessary to carry on should incase
anything happens to me. And I vowed that,
if this is my final day on earth, so be it but am not going to shed a tear
in this NIA compound.
The heat, mosquitoes, dirty bathrooms and endless interrogations began.
Each of their questions was answered direct
and to the point and to the best of my knowledge. Then the circus court
case started and it took one year and six
months.
Well, if you think, Yaya Jammeh is gross and cruel, come meet some of his
subjects, among the Gambian masses. Don’
t get me wrong here, a lot of Gambians I believe harbor the same
disdain about Gambia’s problems but the bottom-
line is, WHO IS GOING TO BELL THE CAT? I appreciated all the “you are a
hero”, “God brought you here for a
reason”, and the ninety names of Allah verses brought to me on a
continuous basis but I would have preferred if we all
carry a hammer and sword with Allah’s ninety names when Chief Manneh was
abducted, when the witch hunters came
for our grandparents and uncles, when Deyda Hydara was shot dead and when
the GPU 8 got arrested.I hate violence
but do we have to sit still whilst our loved ones are individually
picked, smeared, jailed or dissappear and never to
come back?
I cannot thank more, ordinary Gambians whom I’ve never met come to give
some encouragement with all the prayers.
But you don’t fight a dictatorship, behind corridors with God’s name
tucked under your shirt.
IF you believe that there is no god but God,and that there is no ultimate
power but God's, you don’t go beg the king
for your brother’s disappearance, or pleading to the witch hunters for
mercy? No one individual has power more or
over the other. The ultimate power is with God and we can do a whole lot
of good for our neighbors and friends if we
as Gambians believe in God and help ourselves. Believing in God is not
just going to the mosque, memorizing the
ninety nine names of Allah and trekking to Touba. It is about having faith
and fearing no other human being that is out
there to harm you. Down with the hypocrites calling themselves Muslims.
Down with the haters, the cruel and the
unpredictable, the greedy and the selfish!!
In as much as disgusting Jammeh’s policies are, how about the judges and
lawyers who ignore the law in favor of
Jammeh. How about the Gambian people who instead of getting up to defend
their brothers and neighbors, resort to
reporting them, or forming a delegation to either thank Jammeh, for a
stupid mistake or beg him for mercy. Over and
over and over again. We create the monster in Jammeh, clapping for him
anytime he fires, detains and jail our fellow
Gambians.Creating an excuse for him anytime he pounced on someone.When
shall it end?
I was living in America, bombarding Jammeh for all the atrocities and
thinking Gambians are just mere victims not
knowing that that Gambians themselves are their own enemies. The APRC
establishment champions and celebrates
cruelty.It is a cartel of mischievous and cruel Gambians that will stop
at nothing in extending harm to their fellow men. It
has layers of powers and clubs and individuals all with power in their
hands and unleashing it as they see fit on their
fellow Gambians. No wonder if they are dumped out of the cartel, they fear
for their lives because then their safety is
not guaranteed from any individual within the APRC, who can harm one, for
your car, your house, your wife or if you
dare share a girlfriend or a SHE eying on ones husband. So it is left to
Gambians to stand up against brutality,
injustice, disrespect and humiliation.
There is an unending tale as to who did what to whom and why, each reason,
bogus and trivial beyond comprehension.
The terror starts from the top and trickles down to the cleaner at the
NIA. It is common knowledge for Directors to have
or know people at the NIA that have to be constantly watching their back,
in case some Patheh within the unknown
APRC hierarchy decides to smear them.
Watching Gambians go about their funny and mischievous ways have baffled
me throughout my stay, not to mention
the labeling and name calling that was attributed to me, so they can
excuse themselves, in their heads of my
predicament. I was angry at my own ignorance of my country folks and the
way we coordinate our affairs.
Gambians have abused the word patriotism, again and again just so they
are spared Jammeh’s rod and can use it as
an excuse too, to blindly follow him.
When I refuse to run and all their tricks fail for me to drop the case by
asking to beg or offering to row me out of
Banjul, they clearly declared war on me, just so they can break me down
and get rid of my court problem. Some family
members and some friends whom I’ve revered as my heroes, all turned
against me. They began to spread news that I
am mad, I’ve lost it and they will shamelessly come to verify whether am
indeed coocoo.
All well taken but if our grandfathers, grandmothers and neighbors are
snatched and forced to drink concoctions that
can be fatal, and Gambians openly thank Jammeh for cleaning the
communities of witches. Don’t you think something
is wrong with us too and not just Jammeh?
What am trying to say is that Gambians, will give all their sons and
daughters and neighbors to the lion, rather than
collectively find a way to get rid of it. Just in the name of being
scared. They want to have it both ways. Give some fake
support to Jammeh to the fullest because he will not tolerate anything
less, whilst they cry to us for help. Not realizing
that the Diaspora Gambians have no standing army and are also as
fragmented and not a collective force to be able
to effect any change on the ground.We can only compliment their efforts.
Whilst some of my colleagues argue that there is no strong opposition on
the ground, i beg to differ. Gambians have to
rise up, trash the opposition if necessary, or force them to form and
alliance. The power of the people lies not in the
hands of Jammeh or the opposition leaders but with ordinary gambians. I
just read a strong commentary from a cool
brother on the power of the people and what ordinary people when united
can achieve but alas.Without action,the only
revolution that is going to be celebrated might just be the so called July
22nd revolution.
Gambians had a chance for a revolution when NADD was formed, when our
grandmothers and fathers were
individually collected and forced to drink the somewhat fatal “kubeyJarra”
. When our own sons and daughters got shot.
when Deyda Hydara got shot, When chief Ebrima Manneh disappeared.When
Kanyiba Kanyi disappeared. These
incidents were all a call for a revolution. Gambians in the diaspora
cannot abandon what they do to go back home for
a reveolution.We can only compliment and help. But our fellow gambians
at home would rather be humiliated , fired
ten times over and then hired back than do anything to the contrary to
gain their liberty.
So the debacle is here to stay unless we get up and sacrifice, protect
our dignity,and demand our liberty. Freedom is
never dished out. It is earned.
Fatou Jaw Manneh
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