Very well said! We can either all do what we can to do away with Jammeh's tyranny or keep quiet and watch our country ruined by 'the soldiers with a difference' who have degenerated in civilians without a difference. Regards. Kabir. ----- Original Message ----- > ---------------------- Forwarded Message: --------------------- > > > Jali Baa "Public Opinion Organ for SeneGambians " > [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > " FROM THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE " > JAMMEH PAVES THE ROAD TO HELL > It's been six repressive years since the Jammeh regime was " lifted on the > saddle of power". However, we are yet to see any significant difference > between the Jammeh and Jawara regimes in terms of the social, political, and > economic development of our country. In fact, all evidence shows that the > Jammeh regime has surpassed all the "corruption" and "nepotism" that > prompted the overthrow of the Jawara regime. If accumulating personal wealth > took the Jawara regime 30 years to do, these "Soldiers with a difference" > did in 4 years. The magnitude of their pillage and plunder is yet to be > exposed. > EVAPORATION OF A MYTH > Upon their aided ascension to power, the Jammeh regime, like the rest of the > African military regimes engaged in spouting "pseudo progressive" rhetoric. > This, to win the support of the Gambian masses who have been known to rise > to action whenever the call is made to transform our wretched conditions of > living - only to be betrayed. > Notwithstanding the blind support the Jammeh regime captured at the > beginning, we had raised the alarm on the skillful deception and "good > intentions" typical of the African military. > The first signs of what they were to become started with the perfectly > tailored Constitution without term limit and absolute power to amend and > decree into law the repressive police state that The Gambia is currently > subjected to. It was during the transitional period that the Armed Forces > Provisional Ruling Council - AFPRC entrench the state apparatus that assured > them the sham victory during the elections. The creation of the National > Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the July 22nd Movement was to fulfill the > hidden political agenda that the AFPRC had all along. > The transitional period was rife with human rights abuses such as the > rampant arrests of innocent Gambians, detention without trials and the > killing of innocent Gambians-KORO CEESAY, SADIBOU HYDARA, the Ballangharr > boys and rampant corruption. The millions of dollars in Swiss bank accounts > and involvement in counterfeiting (operation green medicine) are just few > examples of Jammeh's criminal character. The Courts became a den of > "mercenary judges" from Nigeria and Sierra Leone seeking fortunes from the > spoils of the regime. > After civilianization of the AFPRC, the language of these "soldiers without > a difference" took a drastic change, the words "accountability, probity, and > transparency" virtually disappeared from their vocabulary. When was the > last time anyone heard these three words from Jammeh and his gang of > thieves? Now that they have gotten fat from sucking the people's blood, they > would go to any length to protect the sources of their spoils. The Gambian > masses are waking up to this deceit. > WE REFUSE TO BE HELD HOSTAGE > There is one thread that binds all the military regimes that have befallen > African Countries; they all became Megalomaniacs to the point of dismay. To > stay in power, they would apply any trick to divide and control the Country. > Jammeh has resorted to "tribalism" in a subtle way. All neocolonial stooges > use tribal and ethnic affiliations to frustrate actions towards UNITY. > Consider the training and arming of the July 22 Movement who in it's > manifesto vowed to protect and defend their "noble president". This is a > flagrant violation of their tailored Constitution, given the fact that the > July 22 Movement is not an institution or state apparatus that is answerable > to the Constitution. Rather, the July 22 Movement is only an appendage of > the monster Jammeh intends to create (a one party state). The NIA and the > armed forces are supposedly under constitutional scrutiny. Therefore, why is > Jammeh training members of the July 22 Movement if the army and NIA are > relegated the responsibility for his "defense". Has Jammeh lost trust in > the army and the NIA? We await tangible evidence that members of the July > 22 movement are being trained in military combat in an African country and > upon their return engage in military exercises in the Gambia. > The only reason Yahya Jammeh thinks Gambia is his personal property is that > he controls the guns. Imagine a president saying "if you hate me, don't go > to my hospitals, don't drive your cars on my roads." Any government that > attacks the people is an oppressor government and makes no law that the > oppressed will respect. > The Jammeh regime has become a nightmare for Gambians. He has gone to the > lowest levels of intimidation by warning people about what happened in > Rwanda and that if anyone person or group threatens his rule, "the > consequences would be worst than Rwanda. Given the already weakened social > structures in Africa, Gambia in particular, who would trust such a deranged > mind to have control over an arsenal of weapons? > Jammeh's tyranny is the biggest challenge to Gambians and there must be > willingness on the side of the Gambian masses to put a stop to this madness. > The military training of the July 22 movement in addition to the gang of > bandits in the NIA and army can never stop our resistance. What happened in > Rwanda, Burundi, and Sierra Leone as abominable as it was for Africa will > never replicate in Gambia. Contrary to popular belief, Jammeh and his > regime of low self-esteem, job-dependent flunkies are very unpopular. > Besides the so called "middle class" that he claims to have created and > tamed, the vast majority of the Gambians harbor contempt for the Jammeh > regime. We must SMASH TRIBALISM: reactionary ethnic or tribal affiliations > are not the solution to our problems. The solution to our problem is > NATIONAL LIBERATION upon which we can train our own soldiers, safety and > security officers for our national interest as opposed to the personal > property of one megalomaniac. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------