More steps need to taken to galvanise the people. No more nonsense from the
callous criminals. Thanks for sharing Pa Samba.
Suntou

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Pasamba Jow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>
> “UDP Will Not Allow Anyone To Stampede On Its Rights” – Lawyer Darboe
>
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> <http://dailynews.gm/africa/gambia/article/udp-will-not-allow-anyone-to-stampede-on-its-rights-lawyer-darboe#map>
> africa <http://dailynews.gm/africa/news> » gambia<http://dailynews.gm/africa/gambia/news>
>    Wednesday, March 02, 2011
>
> The secretary  general and  leader of  the opposition  United  Democratic
> Party, lawyer  Ousainou  Darboe has  said that his party  would not allow
> anyone  to trample or interfere  with  his party’s rights during the cause
> of exercising its constitutional rights or holding of its rallies.
> Darboe made this comments over the weekend in Sami Medina in the Sami
> constituency where the women of Sami Medina adopted Syngle Nyassi, the
> Party’s propaganda secretary as their father.
> “UDP   would not allow anyone being it security or any person to interfere
> with the party’s right, we will crush you and there is no doubt about that,”
> said the renowned Gambian lawyer cum politician.
> The high powered delegation of the UDP received a tumultuous welcome from
> the villagers characterised by cultural dance chanting the slogan ‘lead us
> to victory for justice peace and progress.’
> In his short address to the people of Sami Medina and its surrounding
> villages who turned out in their large numbers, the party leader urged them
> to respect the rule of law and cast their ballots without fear or favor for
> change in the upcoming presidential election for the UDP who has the country
> at heart with visions for the socio –economic advancement of its citizens
> and the protection of their fundamental human rights.
> He added: “To be an opposition in this country is not an easy task, and you
> have lot of challenges ahead of you as an opposition. The road might be long
> but with courage, commitment and determination we can achieves our aims and
> objectives. I welcome your idea for nominating Syngle Nyassi as your father
> who shows great interest for the future of this country as a genuine
> politician and loyal opposition for that matter.”
> Darboe recalled the hardships and tribulations Nyassi encountered in
> Gambian politics which he described as ‘unlawful and unconstitutional.’
> “I am happy to be here today adopting him {Nyassi} as your father. Shyngle
> Nyassi as you all know has said before that the Gambia was sinking into
> ditches and the hardship the citizens are encountering such as the rapid
> escalation of prices of basic commodities, the poor health quality delivery
> system and the poor salary of ordinary civil servants who could not afford
> to take care of the medical bills and school fees of their children and
> family. The farmer’s groundnuts are no bought only on credit basis and when
> he {president Jammeh’s} family is sick, he takes them abroad for treatment
> and where his wife also goes to deliver. I don’t hate him as a human being
> but I condemn the way he governs the country,” said the party’s secretary
> general, lawyer Darboe.
> He continued, “you have witnessed what president Yaya Jammeh  said when he
> assumed the mantle of leadership  by saying he is your servant and not your
> king , but today the chiefs are campaigning   in order to crown him as king
> and even the majority leader, Fabakary Tombong Jatta has supported that
> idea.  Jammeh has accused the former regime of embezzlement of state funds.
> Today he {Jammeh} is giving millions of dalasis to people and he is proud to
> say that he has done a lot for the Gambia. Gambians are the ones to be
> blamed for his unguided statements, he has nothing but because of the
> position he holds.”
> The aspiring  presidential candidate  who was addressing a meeting over
> hundred miles away from the capital , Banjul  has urged the supporters to
> turnout in their large numbers to cast their ballots for the UDP in  the
> next presidential  run up  for change  in order to  oust president Yaya
> Jammeh  from power  so as to end  the terrible hardship , violation  of the
> rights  of the citizens  and disappearance of the ordinary citizens.
> The party secretary general and leader urged the people to respect their
> chief but was quick to add that let him {the chief} not use them to work on
> the farm of the president at Kanilai but   rather t to initiate plans and
> work on their own farm.
> “If president Jammeh wants to help you, why can’t he help you with the
> machines and the fertilizers he uses on his own farm? It’s not because of
> position that I joined politics, if that is the reason I would have joined
> politic since during Jawara’s regime. Because of the situation the country
> was engulfed in that is why I decided to join politics in order to liberate
> the citizens,” Darboe opined.
> Since the current regime assumed power, the opposition in the country has
> witnessed scores of arbitrary arrests and detentions. The recent arrest  was
> the  opposition  United Democratic  Party’s  then campaign  manager  now the
> administrative secretary , Femi  Peters who  was  denied a permit  to hold
> a political rally in October 2009  and was charged  with ‘control  of
> procession and ‘use of loudspeaker. After found guilty by the court, Mr.
> Peters was sentenced to a one year jail term and a fine of D10, 000, the
> verdict that attracted  condemnation at both local and international levels.
> Author: *Baba Sillah*
>
>  "True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of
> justice." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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