Indeed, Sis Jabou. Haruna, Suntou et al can describe my likes in
whatever fanatical terms that they want but let them be assured that we
shall always utilise our right of response as we desire.
Evian, there is nothing wrong with utilising your right of response
as you desire. I think that is what everyone here is doing. I think that
is what Halifa is fighting for in PDOIS.
[Anyone who stands up for justice and the truth shall inevitably
be counted. Halifa stands for those lofty ideals and he will be counted,
most importantly by God.] Evian.
Are you sure you believe in God/Allah and his jurisprudence
Evian? I see you just want to help God/Allah count. I know. Trust but
verify!!! Right?
[Bravo Halifa! Keep it up! The struggle goes on
till freedom or death.] Evian.
Settle down men. Halifa is not done yet. That was the fact-finding
mission. If I know Halifa he wouldn't stop at the fact-finding. Like
Suntou suggests, he will likely go the w9y.
[Bailo] Evian.
Yeah I know. One minute you're Evian, then Bailo the next. Which is
it??
Haruna. Grand-Dad. MQJGDT. Darbo. Al hungry. Olfactor, I'm
coming. Don't think I've forgotten about yew and Jabou.
--- On Wed, 15/4/09, Jabou Joh
<[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Jabou Joh
< [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: The Halifa Factor, what
next? To: [log in to unmask]Date: Wednesday, 15 April,
2009, 4:16 PM Bailo, I say that the answer to any ongoing
campaign of deceit always disguised as civil discourse is
that the people are waking up and no amount of propaganda can fool
them. Jabou Joh -----Original Message----- From: bailo
jallow < [log in to unmask]> To:
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Re: The Halifa Factor, what next?
Jabou,
Please excuse my grand dad for when
the Tiger is in the Woods, he loses some of his reasoning
faculties. Moreover, grand dad just cannot bring himself to give
any due credit to Halifa. Why? Am yet to fully
comprehend.
Bailo
--- On Tue, 14/4/09, Jabou Joh
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Haruna wrote:
"It was
when the onerous exercise threatened PDOIS electoral fortunes
that Halifa engaged in fact-finding, the numerous reports and
eye-witness accounts of it
not-withstanding."
W ow!. Truely
amazing. Jabou Joh -----Original
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Laye, Good to hear you again.
Allow me to chime in for a minute.
I totally understand your sentiments vis-a-vis Halifa
Sallah and I share some of those sentiments. I also understand
Suntou's oped and I share some of his views. I am of equal
opportunity grace. What I see is that we risk taking
this conversation to the sentimental and ecumenical realm as is
usually the case when we speak about Halifa, a man who aspires
to lead Gambia through the political party PDOIS. I advise that
we bear on sobriety.
I take Suntou's oped as a fact-finding query given the
fact that Gambians have a cynical view of politicking. Perhaps
Suntou can yield greater perspective on politics in this query.
He is not to be dismissed for sentimental reasons however. It is
natural for a PDOISard to be up in arms when=2 0their party
leader is questioned but consider that with the requisite
temerity and discernments, the questioning, even if disdainful,
can strengthen the leader as well as improve our lot as
a20people.
I commend Halifa for embarking on a fact-finding
mission into the witch-hunting saga as a human being.
Witch-hunting is the veritable insult to our collective
consciences and acumen, especially one sanctioned by Yahya,
whose faculties are not readily discernible. You have posited,
and appropriately, that the onus of fact-finding in such
egregious matter is not the reserve of Halifa alone; to
wit: "Halifa Sallah is not and should not be the only
person of dignified conscience amongst the leaders or those who
claim to be opposition leaders in Gambia. What he has done and
gone through demonstrates to all and sundry that you, I and
every human Gambian must not stand aside and look while your
fellow Gambian and human is being humiliated in the most
degrading manner."
Laye, you will therefore agree with Suntou that all
Gambians have been equally incensed by the saga, but that Halifa
being the leader of PDOIS had wished to capitalize on common
disdain to yield PDOIS greater fortune. I am reminded that there
are others in PDOIS like Sam, Sidia, Amadou, Samba, Suleyman,
who could have embarked on the same fact-finding, but were they
to have been arrested, they do not stand an equal chance of
relief as Halifa had. To whom much is given, much more is
expected. ;You will see that Halifa himself has shared in
his defense of the erroneous charges levelled against him by an
uncouth and clueless prosecutor, that he derived his rights from
our common constitution and the fact that he is a leader of a
political party. Any journalist can embark on the fact-finding
mission and by dint of Halifa's association with the PDOIS
party organ Foroyaa, he has added umph! These are some of the
reasons you feel comfortable in comparing Halifa to Gambia's
other politicians who in your own words and disdainfully "claim
to be opposition leaders in Gambia." You know what happens to
journalists who embark on fact-finding missions including
Foroyaa journalists. Politics therefore was a major factor in
both enabling Halifa to embark on a fact-finding mission. Were
he not leader of PDOIS, proprietor of Foroyaa, a respectable
contributor to the pan-African parliament, he may have or may
not have entertained the risks associated with fact-finding in
Gambia.
The broader picture therefore is that even though many
Gambians are incensed with the witch-hunting grafignette, our
political leaders, opposition or incumbent, are the ones
most empowered to prosecute our collective disdains and
anxieties. This means that politics is our legislative life.
Whether Halifa engaged with ulterior political motives or not,
is therefore immaterial to me. However, ordinary citizens are
free to query his motives as much as they are free to express
repulsion at Yahya's motives and pantomime. It is in the
explanation and general disposition of PDOIS and Halifa
that will yield attenuated fortunes.
It is unwise to compare Halifa to our other opp osition
political leaders from both a human standpoint and from a
colegial view. That I think will be the height of conceit and an
insult to our collective intelligence. And it unfortunately
furthers the strictly political motive of Halifa and
PDOIS. You will realize that we did not get to the point of
Yahya embarking on repulsive witch-hunting exercises in a
vacuum. Life is ever so dynamic. Yahya was enabled somehow and I
suppose that has escaped us. That is the schematics of politics
that erodes most future and "pure" goodwill.
What Suntou is trying to figure out, is whether there is
salvage value in the preliminary steps taken by Halifa and
whether Halifa can be instrumental in yielding that salvage
value for commoner good. I submit that the best way to achieve
that is by all of us enabling our other political
leaders in APRC, UDP/NRP (NDP), PPP, GPP, and GDP to
coordinate the prosecution of our legislative life as Gambians.
The days of bunker politics are waning and there are signs
everywhere for the astute. We did not see any amalgam of forces
by our political leaders when Taf-Taf Yahya bereft of Gardens
stole Brufut Lands and dispossessed Brufutians, nor did we
see the same when Halfdiens were unscrupulously dispossessed of
their homes in the name of port expansion.=2 0Witch-hunting and
circumstance is tantalizing and a gross violation of human
rights. But so are the myriad precursor trespasses that
enabled it. You will realize that Halifa is not easi ly amenable
to coordination of effort with other opposition parties.
Glaring. The witch-hunting fact-finding could yield more
tangible results if it were actively coordinated. But PDOIS is
on a mission that does not seem to be common relief. It was when
the onerous exercise threatened PDOIS electoral fortunes that
Halifa engaged in fact-finding, the numerous reports and
eye-witness accounts of it not-withstanding. Halifa's initial
statements on the saga betrays ignorance to warrant a
fact-finding.
That is all for now. - Haruna. Allez-y!!
In a message dated 4/14/2009 3:43:39 A.M. Eastern Daylight
Time, [log in to unmask] writes:
Suntu:
Halifa Sallah is not and should not be
the only person of dignified conscience amongst the leaders
or those who claim to be opposition leaders in Gambia. What
he has done and gone through demonstrates to all and sundry
that you, I and every human Gambian must not stand aside
and look while your fellow Gambian and human is being
humiliated in the most degrading manner.=2 0We should be
thankful that we know in Halifa, ONE Gambian that will
stand up to the brutalities of the regime and would rather
die or languish in jail than to sit and see his fello w
beings dehumanized in broad day light. To insinuate
that Halifa was looking for personal or political gain in
the exercise of liberating his conscience and dignifying
the value of human life, smirks of debilitating ignorance
and an insult to his and our conscience...God
forbid!
-Laye
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 4:08
AM, <[log in to unmask]>
wrote: > An interesting oped to ponder Suntou.
Discerner-in-Chief!!! I think Yahya > shot himself in
the foot. And I'm worried about our two bad left-eyes.
New > Kambians!!!! Haruna. You
pamplemousse!!! > > In a message dated 4/13/2009
6:29:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > >
Monday, 13 April 2009 > > Halifa Factor In
Gambia's Witch Hunt debacle > > By Suntou
Touray > With the dust almost settled even though facts
about the Gambiaテ「竄ャ邃「s witch > hunting episode may all
not be known, there is occasion to reflect over the >
whole encounter. Men dressed in red raided settlements in
search of witches. > They captured people of decent
background and made them consume lethal > concoctions in
the name of ridding them off witch craft spirits. Some of
the > captives died. Large numbers still remain in
biting pains, mostly deep in > their stomach. >
Former Serrekunda East parliamentary member and sociologist
Halifa Sallah > was last month arrested and detained=2
0at mile 2 prisons for over a week. This > was due to
his decision to visit two villages over a witch
hunting > incidence. Halifa after his release commented
that he went on a fact finding > mission to the two
villages. More accurately put he tried to proof
whether > the witch hunting story was actually true or
false. > Halifa was arrested afterward because the
government felt that, he as an > ordinary citizen of the
Gambia who seeking to impersonate the work of the >
police or state security agents. > No doubt Halifa by
all regards played brave by what he did. Why he did so >
remains a question on wet lips. > Some people considered
it a genuine move by Halifa to prove what others >
thought a mere rumour. To others Halifa was in a publicity
campaign for > himself and certainly scored political
points whether he preferred using > that or not. >
From what came out of the encounter Halifa made us all to know
that the > witch hunting story is real and the actions
are sanctioned by Gambia > government. > What next
after knowing the true story still a valid question for
curious > onlookers. Will there be any lawsuit against
the government for the unlawful > conduct o f
humiliating and harassing innocent Gambians? > The witch
hunting episode ended up projecting Halifaテ「竄ャ邃「s political
profile at > higher levels. He was a victim of arbitrary
arrest but that by i tself > arrested the tormenting
witch hunt at least until matters settled over >
Halifaテ「竄ャ邃「s own arrest and brief detention. The whole saga
eventually shifted > from the witch hunting focusing on
Halifa. That earned him a high profile > victim of the
unjust government crime of witch hunting. > Halifa made
noise about the remote control Gambian constitution loud
enough. > He defended his action by quoting various
sections of the Gambian > constitution, a document he
knows about inside out. Halifa knows too well > also
that document is serving one man and one man only, Yahya
Jammeh the > current Gambian head of state. Since many
Gambians know for a fact that > document is not
protecting their human rights for a number reasons one >
wonders if there was any need for Halifa to labour over
constitutionality > this fragrant government encounter
with innocent citizens. > The gains of Halifaテ「竄ャ邃「s
intervention can double if he was to help the victims >
pursue claims of damage resulting from such inhuman treatment.
The victims > deserve good compensation. > The
good efforts of Halifa placed him beyond the single position
of flag > bearer PDOIS /NADD to the lofty point of
standing tall for Gambian people in >20times of need.
This is enough wakeup call for Gambians over length
and > breadth of the country to resist the advances of
witch hunters. Halifa can > draft a comprehensiv e law
suit against the government as seen truly standing > up
for the people. The point of departure would be the
constitution, a book > fully in Halifaテ「竄ャ邃「s firm
grips. Impeachment proceedings against the president >
can be initiated, thus demonstrating severity human rights
violations. > The law suits may not bear quicker results
but to make the government pay > victims. Through that
citizens will go long way in exposing the severity of >
state organized crimes. > We await Halifaテ「竄ャ邃「s future
actions concerning the witch hunting debacle. >
Halifaテ「竄ャ邃「s political profile is undoubtedly boosted. Other
gains exceed > individual political scores. Yahya should
not have arrested Halifa in the > first place. The only
reason one would think he ordered his arrest was to >
cause wider divide among the ranks of the opposition. >
Halifaテ「竄ャ邃「s followers have a talking point- our only saviour
they would say. He > emerged hero of the hour. His
arrest has potential to change something. > To
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