Greetings all, here's my short
response/question/thought eminating from the sidelines here. Why the heck
can't the leaders of the various political parties put aside their differences
long enough to be in a better position to attain the current goal at hand, which
is to unseat Jammeh? To my mind, once you do that , then you can worry
about what kind of government you want after that. Because you are not
going to get any semblance of the kind of government you want if you haggle so
long, or ignore the other opposition leader you don't like so long that
another election has come and gone and Jammeh can then claim an overwhelming
mandate from the people to continue his rule of terror and mismanagement.
Because as long as I keep continuing to see
diasporans online publishing pieces castigating Darboe for this or Sallah for
that, and I continue to hear/read interviews/articles from leaders that
seem to be acting like they each live a million miles away from each other
instead of merely a few and thus can't possibly be able to sit down together to
try to come to some level of understanding regarding the way forward, that that
leads me, as someone who clearly is looking from the outside in, to believe that
the opposition leaders along with their diasporan supporters would rather
knit-pick at each other, and tear each other down, then put their issues and
differences aside and get rid of Jammeh. And I'd almost venture to say
that the Sallah and Darboe haters on both sides would rather see Jammeh in power
than Darboe or Sallah respectively.
If we all can agree that we all want to see Jammeh
gone, and preferrably via democratic means/the ballot box, and we all can agree
that a united opposition is the best way to doing that, then certainly everyone
from all sides could learn to compromise and put their differences and clear
dislike for the other side aside just long enough to accomplish the goal at
hand, which is dislodging Jammeh from power.
Instead people want to continue to harp on
how Darboe is a coward (but no they really don't hate him), or whether or
not Halifa Sallah/PDOIS maybe kinda sorta probably supported the coup because
that may or may not would have paved the way for their own fortunes to get
better as they would be the only opposition left in the game and thus it was in
their best interest to support the coup at the time. And then of course
you've got people who just can't resist wasting their valuable time and energy,
that they'll never get back again, arguing with this Fankung Fankung whoever
person, someone who doesn't even have the gutts to identify where he/she works
and can't even be honest about where they are, who they work for, etc.
And we just don't have the time for all of this
b****t, sorry. But we really don't! It's like some of us are
arranging the deck chairs while the ship is sinking, or arguing about who's
going to put the fire out while the house is burning up right before your
eyes!
Perhaps if none of the opposition is going to play
ball and learn to act like mature adults and be able to come together and
compromise, then perhaps a person needs to be found who can bring everyone
together and who can inspire everyone to vote for them. And Just leave the
current opposition leaders to fight amongst themselves to their heart's content
and their uncompromising supporters with them. And Fankung whoever he/she
is, can also keep posting to their heart's content and perhaps we could all
learn how to use the delete key on our computers or learn how our various email
blocking features work. Because my point is
we don't have time for all of these distractions! 2011 will be hear before
we know it. October is just under a week away already! And I just
have this strange awful sinking feeling that once the elections have come and
gone, some of us will once again be on here pointing our fingers or once again
scratching our heads wondering what happened, and really the answer would have
been clear for all of us to see.
Ginny
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