If the age and experience as well as his so-called intellect which we are told by some admirers qualifies him (ie Dr Sedat Jobe) to lead a *"Bennoo against Professor Jammeh"*, then I just wonder how he can bring people together to successfully chase the devil Jammeh away, given the way he tried woefully tto ridicule MAI FATTY. Just for the record, I am not a fan of Fatty nor do I support the GMC. One would have thought that he (Dr SJ) possess the wisdom to show leadership and foresight in dealing with Fatty's criticism. *Personally I am not surprise by this camp of fakers and pretenders who were deep in making Jammeh what he is today.* I fret to think that this is leadership qualities Dr Sedat Jobe has that can potentially unite and move the struggle against Killer Jammeh. If the Senegalese resistance to the Wade autocracy is the yardstick Gambia's opposition is to measure itself which some seem to infer in their utterances on different media, one must remember that *Dr Amadou Mouktar Mbowe*-the man who brought opposing factions to talk to each is a man of integrity and creditlity who was not afraid to tell Wade in his face the truth. Dr Mbowe stayed in Senegal and told Wade to bugger off from the political scene without any equivocation. Dr Sedat Jobe is no Dr Amadou M Mbowe. Dr Jobe enabled a dictator to oppress his people and his was not an ordinary one. He was a very senior minister and moreso when he was kicked out he went on to campaign for a *killer Dictator, calling opposition leaders all sorts of names.* His recent outburst on Mai Fatty which is manifestly silly in my opinion should further spur people to resist the nonsense his camp are spewing about the new formula he and his group with 'Mandela -like figures' have to free Gambia from dictatorship. I hope the tired ranting about Drs Janneh and Jobe's right to oppose Jammeh would be laid to rest, no is trying to stop them do whatever they fancy. They have the right to do so but not in the name of the Gambian people. Let them oppose and scheme all they want but in equal measure some of us will not stay mute in calling out these 'born again' overzealous 'liberators' without whom Jammeh would have been a footnote in history. Please, we know the real problem is Jammeh but calling out those who suddenly became saviours* [who in actual fact enhanced Jammeh's dictatorship and killing machine ]* to the oppostion against Jammeh after being kicked out is in my view minimizing the potential conflict that will ensue following Jammeh's removal. Regardess, if some of the so-called critical minded feel that calling the pretence of Drs Jobe and Janneh is divisive so be it. Mboge On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 2:31 AM, Lamin Darbo <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > I was never in any doubt Nyang will get a copy of Justice for Justice. > Congrats nevertheless! > > About Mai on Dr Sedat Jobe, that was completely > unnecessary.Notwithstanding the views of D A Jawo and other well known > figures in the struggle, Mai should trust the target audience processing > the contentious philosophy propounded by this school of thought about the > movers and shakers this past year. Your intuition is right that Mai > appeared to have lost his cool when Dr Jobe intruded on what he probably > considers to be his European lair. He did not trust our judgement to > distinguish between him/other opposition leaders, and the likes of Dr Jobe. Let > me state clearly that we know who is who notwithstanding our willingness to > embrace an enlarged tent in the struggle against tyranny. Whatever the good > Dr was doing, Mai should have regarded that as complementary to his own > good efforts over the years instead of basically saying I was there before > you so I am the justified owner of any glory from the European angle. > > However, the story moved and Dr Jobe frittered the widespread > sympathy occasioned by Mai's ill-advised assault on him. Mai is not a boy > and Dr Jobe cannot say Mai has no chance of attaining his glory and > prestige, By the time Sir Dawda returned to The Gambia, he had absolutely > no influence with political authority anywhere in the world and he was > leader for some three decades! Dr Jobe was of course in the private sector > but unless he is accorded vicarious access, chances are that he has no > influence in the real centres of power in the Europe of today. He terribly > overreacted and appears to have lost the war to Mai. > > Any thoughts on the saga? > > > > LJDarbo > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Modou Nyang <[log in to unmask]> > *To:* Lamin Darbo <[log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* Thursday, 10 January 2013, 6:18 > > *Subject:* Re: [G_L] I give you Hon. Mai Fatty of The GMC Party. > > LJ, sorry for the late response. It was interesting reading Mai take on > Dr. Jobe in defence of the local opposition. I am not sure what spured him > into such rare action. Personally i advise caution to my party when dealing > with Mai as a result of his online ramblings against the efforts of the > oppositon in the past. I even asked my party to exclude him in thier > activities. > Something in his essay reminding Sedat that he is just treading old foot > prints may be telling. What do you think of his views. > I received my copy of journey for justice yesterday. > Nyang > *From:* Lamin Darbo <[log in to unmask]> > *To:* Modou Nyang <[log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 8, 2013 5:28 AM > > *Subject:* Re: [G_L] I give you Hon. Mai Fatty of The GMC Party. > > Nyang > > If I read Barrister Mai Fatty's public views correctly, he was opposed to > our taking others situated as Dr Sedat Jobe to task > > Although I can appreciate where the GMC leader is coming from, I'm unsure > why he appears to be treating Dr Sedat Jobe differently. > > Any views on this apparent contradiction? > > > LJDarbo > > *From:* Modou Nyang <[log in to unmask]> > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Sent:* Tuesday, 8 January 2013, 8:45 > > *Subject:* Re: [G_L] I give you Hon. Mai Fatty of The GMC Party. > > Uncle, thank you for sharing this sober article from Mai. I am with him > on this one all the way and i dedicate it to my friends at Gainako Demba > and Yero. > > Thank you, > Nyang > > *From:* Haruna <[log in to unmask]> > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Sent:* Monday, January 7, 2013 8:56 PM > *Subject:* [G_L] I give you Hon. Mai Fatty of The GMC Party. > > Courtesy: Freedomnewspaper.com > > Haruna. > > > ‘DR. JOBE WILL NEVER TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO RETURN TO HOME TO LEAD A CIVIL > DISOBEDIENCE ,’ MAI FATTY > ‘DR. JOBE WILL NEVER TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO RETURN TO HOME TO LEAD A > CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE OR MASS PROTEST THAT HE IS PREACHING OUT OF FEAR FOR HIS > OWN LIFE,’ MAI FATTY** > *REJOINDER ON DR. SEDAT JOBE’S RADIO SPEECH – A PERSONAL OPINION* > *Mai Ahmad Fatty* > Thanks and Praises due to the Almighty God, Creator of the Universe, the > Giver and the Taker of life, and in Whom my destiny resides. > I had the opportunity to listen to Dr. Sedat Jobe’s speech on Freedom > Radio today the 7 January 2012, on a range of fundamental issues affecting > our country. I commend Dr. Jobe for recently emerging from his eleven years > of hibernation, during which period some of the worst horrific crimes > against our people were being committed (excluding his brief political > campaign in support of Yaya Jammeh) in the 2006 elections, when he is on > record to have branded the opposition ‘ignorant’ and incapable of ruling. > Dr. Jobe has a point on the difficult and sensitive issue of unity among > the opposition parties. The issue of a united opposition is a complex one, > and not as simple and facile as many would imagined. STGDP and others had > worked on it for years even before GMC was born. Nonetheless, I acknowledge > that more could be done, the failure of which I take partial > responsibility. He averred that the opposition are not seriously ‘shocked’ > enough by the regime’s inhumanity to provoke them to set aside all of their > differences, to come together and establish a united front. This is an > unfair characterization and bemoans a clear misanalysis of the dynamics. > Around the 2006 general elections, Yaya Jammeh ordered the arrest and > prosecution of NADD opposition leaders. From their homes they were sent > straight to Mile 2 Prisons where they languished in inhume conditions for > over a week contrary to law. The government then publicly announced falsely > declaring that Hon Halifa Sallah had disappeared and at large, when he was > actually under their custody at the time. I volunteered with Lawyers > Ousainou Darboe and Antouman Gaye to undertake the legal defence of the > three NADD leaders without pay. Jammeh had previous to that imprisoned > Lamin Waa Juwara, who was also one of the NADD leaders then. In effect he > had four opposition leaders under custody at the same time just before 2006 > elections namely – Halifa Sallah, Hamat Bah, Omar J. Jallow and Lamin Waa > Juwara. > In the process of securing their release from unlawful custody through the > courts, I had to personally go into Mile 2 Prisons to obtain the signatures > of the unlawfully detained opposition leaders with a notary public for a > bail application. Eventually the courts granted them bail on very difficult > conditions. Before the next hearing date, Jammeh backed down in the face of > stiff resistance from former President Obasanjo who came to intervene on > behalf of the Commonwealth as a sitting President of the Federal Rep. of > Nigeria. It was during that visit when President Obasanjo brokered an > inter-party MoU between the ruling Party and the opposition parties, > containing terms of fair-play and dispute resolution. The APRC had no > original intention of honouring this Document. > It is important to appreciate that Jammeh did all he could, utilizing all > of the coercive powers of the State to destroy and to disintegrate NADD at > a time when they were still actively working on selecting a consensus flag > bearer. The arrests and subsequent trial of these leaders made national > news for a while, and it could not have eluded Dr. Sedat Jobe’s attention, > who had much earlier resigned from government. However, not only did Dr. > Sedat Jobe campaigned for Jammeh in that same elections, he is also on > record for having publicly branded the opposition at a Jammeh 2006 campaign > rally as a bunch of ignoramus who were unfit to rule. This unprovoked > diatribe attracted a written reaction from the opposition. Judging by his > profuse moral pronouncements recently, one would have expected that Dr. > Jobe would be restrained by his moral principles not only to campaign for > Jammeh in that election, but also that his sense of moral propriety would > have conditioned him to condemn the opposition leaders arrests, detention, > and bogus trial at the time. What I meant is that Dr. Jobe should have been > ‘sufficiently shocked’ by the clear injustice at the time and be motivated > to speak and act against it. But alas, he was mute, and in fact campaigned > to secure electoral victory for the perpetrator of crimes, after he had > long resigned from government. Six years later, the opposition is still > waiting for a statement from Dr. Sedat Jobe or on hind sight an apology > without success. Therefore, when Sedat Jobe castigated the opposition as > not being sufficiently ‘shocked’ by the inhumanity of the regime to compel > them to come together, he came across as both disingenuous and pedantic. > The opposition leaders have all been to jail at different times, and > continue to face inequities. I was tortured under custody for merely acting > as counsel in a certain criminal trial, while some of us faced > assassination attempts. Most, if not all of us opposition leaders are dead > broke or in debt because we invested every butut into domestic political > programs. Being an opposition leader or opposition activist in The Gambia > under current circumstances, amounts to a contract with poverty, and > potential assassination or unlawful imprisonment at any time. It is > phenomenal sacrifice. > While we welcome Dr. Jobe into the struggle eleven years too early, we > must never lose sight of the fact that we are not at the start of the > struggle. Many people have paid with their lives, and others continue to go > through hell on the ground for years. Not only the domestic opposition, but > the online media and external civil society in both the UK and the U.S have > been very active for many years. Their efforts are what we continue to > consolidate upon today. Dr. Jobe is currently threading on the foot-steps > of the opposition in his tour to Paris, London or Brussels, and during his > consultations, he might have discovered that we had already been to those > same places much earlier and met those same institutions on identical > concerns. Sincerity demands that we acknowledge the truth but not disparage > or be contemptuous of previous efforts by the opposition or others and > proceed on the false impression that a new foundation is just being > erected. > It is easy for some to say; ‘well you have been outside since the > election’. I have been much more effective with what I could do for my > Party and people outside under current circumstances, and this is where my > Party needs me most personally, for the meantime. AND yes GMC continues to > work on the ground as a political party with limited resources, regardless. > The ‘struggle’ is no one’s monopoly. If anyone feels you could do better, > the road to The Gambia is open for you. What may be stopping many from > venturing back home is the intrepid fear admitted by Dr. Sedat Jobe himself > on radio, when he said that if he were to return home now, they would > pounce on him. From his own utterances, it is clear that like many > Gambians, Dr. Jobe will never take the initiative to return to home to lead > a civil disobedience or mass protest that he is preaching out of fear for > his own life. It is unfair for anyone to make specific demands for > sacrifice of others that he/she is unwilling to make. > This is not an indictment against anyone or advocating for anyone. The > fact that Dr. Jobe recently decided to join the side of goodness is > remarkable. I praise his call for us to speak and to act with one voice. > Let us all work together to accelerate the end of tyranny. The opposition > bashing is not the solution. The liberation of The Gambia is the > responsibility of all Gambians. The Egyptians, Tunisians, Libyans, Syrians, > etc taught us not to wait for politicians. They did not wait for > politicians to lead. Their populations by themselves without politicians > did what they had to do, and I do not mean to assert that politicians > should fold their arms and do nothing. Yaya Jammeh is a result of the > collective failure of all Gambians. We must all take responsibility for the > kind of political system and leadership we have in our country. 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