Absolute madness.  Gambia has a very long way to go.  These victimised lot
are always ready to sacrifice those fighting their corner, be they family or
colleagues by appealling to the dastardly conscience of a dictator and a
tyrant who cares about nobody except himself.

For me, i have given up on these so-called struggles for emancipation.  I
careless if my family or otherwise is being terrorised by Jammeh.  These
very people one believes to be in solidarity with are the very people due to
cowardice will  blame you for their plight  instead ofthe bloody regime's
shenanigans.

I rather concentrate on my kids and msyelf rather than breaking any sweat
for a struggle where people lie and work very hard to discredit each others
effort for no bloody reason.

What a bloody disappointment this Moses Richard is, even if the Bar
Association has been toothless, this current gesture of their's is
symbolically strong. But cowardly behaviour of the very one on whose behalf
this gesture is being taken is underminding their efforts.

Chem,

Mboge

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Pasamba Jow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  Richards breaks with Bar Association, appeals to President Jammeh
>
> <http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/richards-breaks-with-bar-association-appeals-to-president-jammeh#map>
> Africa <http://observer.gm/africa/news> » Gambia<http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/news>
>  Monday, October 10, 2011
> Moses B Johnson Richards, a private legal practitioner who is currently
> serving a two years, six months imprisonment with hard labour after being
> found guilty of giving false information to a public servant, has totally
> disassociated himself from the strike currently being carried out by the
> Gambia Bar Association as a result of his conviction.
>
> In a letter signed by Richards himself on October 8th, 2011, sent to the
> Daily Observer, the embattled lawyer said: “I disassociate myself from the
> strike and other actions of the Gambia Bar Association (GBA). The actions of
> the GBA from the beginning, has not helped my cause. I continue to apologise
> for my actions.” Meanwhile, Richards has also written to the Gambian leader,
> His Excellency, Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, pleading for
> presidential pardon.
>
> The letter reads:
> It is with great humility, for which my family is known, that I write this
> letter to you, it is not my intention to bore you with copious details at
> this time, for I know you are a very busy person, but please graciously find
> time to look at this my plea for leniency. As you are aware, the Banjul
> Magistrate Court, presided over by Alagbe, found me guilty on two counts of
> giving false information and sedition and sentenced me to two and a half
> years imprisonment with hard labour, the implication of this is that I must
> stay in prison for that length  of time, I appeal to your personal
> sentiments, your office, your religious sensibilities and of course, the
> track record of your humane and generous disposition, to exercise your
> prerogative powers in my favour, by granting me pardon.
>
> I had no intention to disparage you, with all these events, knowing how, I
> have always had the impression, that you love me so much, that I now wonder,
> how I got into this sorry situation, please your Excellency, your kind,
> generous and human heart, has been enjoyed by those who had done worse
> things than I have, that is not to say that I have any excuse for myself at
> this time, but find it in your kind nature to extend, this generosity to me,
> as I am on my knees pleading for mercy. Your Excellency sir, I want to
> assure you that I am still Moses Richards, the patriotic, citizen, judicial
> officer, eternally grateful for being appointed a judge, while still abroad
> on studies and whom you deemed fit to bestow a national honour twice.
>
> Right now your Excellency, I am seriously afflicted, that I have offended
> you, and that grieves me greatly, because you are like a father and a
> mentor, I shall never conceive in my mind to offend, however, your
> Excellency, to err is human and to forgive is divine, let us turn a new life
> page today, and the spirit of the Ramadan that has just ended, say to you,
> “balal ma achal”. My aged mother, I may not be her only child but I happen
> to be her very valued friend, my children who are still in their formative
> stages, my clients and some other people to whom I am committed in one way
> or the other, will join me in being eternally grateful to you, for a
> positive response to this plea.
>
> Your Excellency, as much as I shall cherish your receiving this plea, I
> vote that it is not a forum to be as detailed, as I would have loved to, if
> not for anything to show that, Moses Richards is still a patriotic and
> obedient servant of the Gambia, with unquestionable loyalty to His
> Excellency the president of the Republic. I look forward, your Excellency,
> to a well considered and compassionate response, thank you very much for
> this opportunity.
>
> Accept the assurances of my unflinching loyalty.
>
> Long live the President of The Gambia, long live the people of the Gambia,
> Long live the Republic of The Gambia.
>
> Moses B. Johnson Richards
> Author: *Daily Observer*
>
>
>  "True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of
> justice." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
>
>
>
>
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