"Citing Constitutional provisions makes sense in a lawful environment - The Gambia is not. The laws are followed to the extent it fits the interest of the dictatorship/corrupt officials" You are most welcome Burama... I said Gambia's problem has come to this story... I wrote this on our face book page...

Gambia's sad story has come down to the story of the four men... Which narrates as ..Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to be done (Gambia) and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody (all of us) got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job (citizens' responsibility). Everybody thought Anybody could do it (pass the blame to others), but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done. Moral story.. No one will do it for us we have to do it for ourselves period!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks

Demba

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Burama Jammeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Compatriot

The first strategic positioning of that believe (We Can Do This) is to focus on things that we can do and control……than mere hoping for things beyond our reach/control.

As we assess our political problems and the fixes - 95% of the time we blame someone else and as well hope someone is the solutions. Hardly one count self as the problem and/or the solution. That thought process has to change.

Lets begin to change that thought - we’re the problem and as well the solution. Hence examine everything we think are the problems/solutions and what’s our contribution individually/collectively. If anytime you outsource these 2 to someone other than self - its likely that’s not a viable option because there exist no alien Gambian to do the hard work for you/us. Equally our solution has to have a logical beginning, for instance - "killing a tree from the leaves/branches is harder than chopping off the trunk”.

Our biggest difficulty is to let go the political traditions; don’t worry is not Gambian problem, is a human nature problem - humans hardly go for change, change is usually  force/impose on them. We’ve to begin to think outside the box! We can’t play soccer/basketball when submerge in a pool. We will either play water games or get out of the pool or play no games.

Citing Constitutional provisions makes sense in a lawful environment - The Gambia is not. The laws are followed to the extent it fits the interest of the dictatorship/corrupt officials.

Our foremost works would require to compel adherence to the laws in the books; change/repeal/replace bad laws with democratically acceptable laws, re-organizing the electoral process, educating our citizens and practically demonstrating that one is free to express and associate as so choose. To do this we will have to organize and mobilize (lots of work - all to be done by us)

I understood full well the rationale behind the traditional ‘Double Or Many Step Approach' - elect X and let him (or work with him) to get democracy. It hasn’t work (or work well) anywhere in history.  X will neither be elected and if elected his/her group will be another dictatorship. That has little to do with X; its simply the inadequate environment - we encouraged our leaders to be dictators - go back and listen to what our people told Jawara or Yahya. For example - Jalamang Keita ( Chief of Niani) told Jawara - he can’t control himself or know what to do whenever he sees him (Jawara); EK Sarr (PM of Lamin) told us Jesus was send ti the Jews and Jawara is send to Gambian; Dembo Santang Bojang (Chief of Kombo Central) told Yahya to stay in power even if we will eat grass. It’s obvious they either don’t know what’s a sovereign in a republic or simply they don’t want to be sovereign. There is an enlightenment gap that we would have to bridge.

We’re in the deep end of the pool and want to play soccer - is not going happen!

This is not against any politician!  In fact making this fight about an one individual or group is deviation from the issues.

Our work is to create a just Gambia. The free and informed sovereign citizens will choose who govern their collective affairs

We Can Do This!

Burama


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