This is pathetic and a clear example of a situation where the inmates are running the asylum. I can see the hands of Pap Cheyassin Secka written all over the sacking of the IEC commissioners. Secka is a sore loser who will do anything to defeat his opponents (real or imagined). This is nothing but vindictiveness. I am glad that things back-fired this way in the face of that Johnson character at the IEC. This is what people that deal with the Devil, get. Members of the opposition should show no mercy to Johnson. Reports am reading from the newspapers are a bit fuzzy. But what is clear to me is that Johnson was part and parcel of the delay tactics and fraud Yaya and his cohorts were engaged in. As a matter of fact, Johnson did not even ask for what he got from the court. According to reports, Johnson also bought into the nonsense that the current laws (as they are in the books) do not allow for local government elections. Hence his decision to go to court to try and force new legislation. Let us stop here and ask ourselves why Johnson and his lawyers did not decipher that the current laws permit them to hold elections. Even if we give them benefit of the doubt and assume that they were not confident about their legal interpretations, why did they not ask the court to declare that the current laws are sufficient and the National Assembly need not pass any legislation? So, had Johnson not put this stumbling block in front of us, we would have had elections since November 16, 2000, using existing laws. As I mentioned before, in Johnson, we are either dealing with a highly incompetent or corrupt person. If he was smart, he would have realized that he does not need the National Assembly to hold elections. Or maybe he realized that, but wanted to thwart the will of the people by putting our fate into the hands of a corrupt, APRC dominated chamber. Weeks ago when this same Johnson came up with those ridiculous (and undemocratic) rules to govern the campaign in the Sami elections, we cried foul and asked Johnson where he got those rules from in light of his claim that he was waiting for the Assembly to act or the court to make a declaration. Needless to say, Johnson could not reconcile the double standards. This man will not hesitate to usurp the democratic rights of citizens that are guaranteed in our Constitution (freedom of speech and assembly), but when it came to safeguarding constitutionally guaranteed rights (right to elect local representatives), he defers to those shameless APRC rubber-stamps that call themselves legislators. People like Johnson and that Jasseh fellow that was fired from the Police, want to have their cake and eat it. We must not allow that. They should either be with the people or with the tormentor of the people (Yaya and Pap Cheyassin Secka). I vow not to allow these slimy characters to sit on the fence. Just look at the shameless pandering Jasseh was engaged in (denouncing Karamba) not knowing that Sankung (his boss) has already sealed his fate. But that is another topic. Going back to Johnson, I think the opposition should condemn the firings as a matter of principle. The principle being, the government should not interfere in the workings of an autonomous Independent Electoral Commission. I think it would be a mistake to fight for the personality involved. We should be fighting for the Office. Johnson was not fired because he was fighting for us (the people). Johnson was fired because Pap Cheyassin Secka lost a case. The only people that should come out good here, are the judges that gave Johnson and the people something Johnson did not ask for. I hope by praising the judges Yaya will not fire them. This is pathetic and would have been laughable if we were not dealing with people's livelihood.. Pap Cheyassin Secka is leading Yaya to the gallows. Mark my words. When Secka lost the Darboe case, he hoodwinked Yaya and blamed everything on the magistrate and the poor magistrate was fired. Yaya, being the moron he is, did not even ask Secka why Darboe is still not in jail despite the firing of the magistrate. Why did the High court not overturn the magistrate? How is Secka going to deal with defense attorney calls for a jury trial? The problem is not with Isatou Wadda, Borry Touray or Johnson. Secka and the indefensible postures of this illegal government, are the problem. Secka is the one manipulating Yaya and advising him to fire all these people. He goes to Yaya with bogus legal advise and assurances he cannot back up in court. When he loses, he blames it on the judiciary. He will continue to lose. The major lost that will finally lead to his demise and that of Yaya, should be the passing of the constitutional amendments. The amendments aimed at curtailing the rights of ordinary Gambians, are intolerable. The opposition should fight this outside of the parliament. They should mobilize their supporters to take Secka and Yaya down if the shameless duo want to continue taking away our rights. Alternatively, as soon as the corrupt APRC Assembly pass the laws, legal actions should be brought against the government to strike down those laws. Yaya and his cohorts should be fought all the way. We should not appease any of them. People should either be on the offense (against the people) or on the defense (for the people). No one should be allowed to be on the fence. Having said that, if people realize (albeit belatedly) that Yaya is actually the Devil incarnate, and decide to repent and join the opposition, we should welcome them provided their hands are not tainted with the blood of our children that were murdered on April 10 and 11. 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