Thank you very much Brother Musa. I do appreciate your comments and the honest manner in which they are delivered.
 
I understand that Darboe have the desire to represent the Gambian people; he however lack in capacity.
 
Regarding him running away, I swear by Allah that he ran away and he was hiding in the Senegalese High Commission. And because his house was just next to the Senegalese High Commission I am of the belief that he might have jump over the fence.
 
Politics is the the science of the state and the art of managing it. It requires full understanding of the mechanism of the state, bravery and intellectual maturity is a must. Once any one fail in these should just be sent away as having failed.
 
Darboe at the time had the full support of the banned parties of PPP, NCP and GPP. Howevwer Darboe choose to run away after some of his supporters were severely beaten by the Jammeh thugs. He claimed that the NIA were after him. This is no excuse.
 
If one has principles that one believed in firmly then one must be prepared to die for them come what may. Darboe failed in this at the very first attempt.
 
Brother Musa, the problem of The Gambia is Darboe because his presence in Gambian politics  is allowing Jammeh to win and play the tribal card to his advantage.
 
I am not against the UDP as a party and I am not against Darboe as a person but in terms the politics, Darboe has failed. He has shown cowardice at the very best.
 
Even though that Darboe ran away he has never apologise to The Gambian people. He still have the audacity to seek a mandate from The Gambian people. This is strange!!!
 
In the interest of The Gambia, Darboe should go. OJ and his PPP colleagues did  not defend the 1970 constitution in 1994 but he rectified this by being the only PPP member to stand up to Jammeh. He was jailed, beaten up and tortured but he refused to be bullied by the bully boy Jammeh. Darboe allowed himself to be bullied. Halifa Sallah and Sedia Jatta have shown absolute bravery by standing up to Jammeh and big bully Sana Sabally in 1994. In consequence Foroyaa remain in circulation as at this present moment. Instead of leaving the suppoeters to sell the newspapers, it was Halifa Sallah and Sedia Jatta who themselves put their own life on the line to take on Jammeh.
 
Darboe ran away instead. You could see brother Musa, I am actually doing Darboe a favour. I am doing him a favour by giving him free advice to go in dignity and apologise to the Gambian people for betraying the trust theat they have in him.
 
 
 
 
Muhammad Bai Drammeh


From: Pamusa jallow <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Sat, 18 September, 2010 23:39:02
Subject: Re: [>-<] I do not hate Darboe I just despise his cowardice

Dear Bro Muhammad Bai,
 
I think your post is really a step in the right direction but I honestly believe that we have a huge tendency to be quick to judge and condemn..and mostly based on third party information, hearsay and conjecture.
 
Few people can swear to have been personal witnesses of Mr Darboe "running away"..and much less the circumstances. Since I am too much interested in saving my skin I am respectful to the few who have dared to stand up for the many, from OJ, to Waa, to Halifa, to Darboe...and Hamat and Mai Fatty and others like Femi Peters, Dembo Bojang, and many others..Momodou L Nyassi, Wassa Janneh, Yusupha Cham, Bolong Sanneh, Dembo Ara Sanneh, Late Dodou Sanyang, Ansumana Bojang, Late Sarjo Kunjang Sanneh from Brikama.
 
Recently the online papers and reactions from Gambian online fora have resulted in a positive action by NADD Presidential candidate 2006 and PDOIS Leader Halifa Sallah and also PDOIS to appoint Sidia Jaata as interparty coordinator and liaison with Lawyer Darbo and no doubt Lawyer Darbo appreciates the magnitude of voter apathy and dissatisfaction and disappointment after the NADD debacle.
 
As concerned and active citizens, not withstanding our rights of freedom of expression, we also have an obligation to be constructive for our common good. What we need and want in The Gambia is not a super hero or a Messiah or a Great Leader..we need a responsible citizen with good moral standing and integrity and to be first citizen..first among equals..and President of The Republic, of citizens, not subjects or slaves..reduced to perpetual sycophants and entertainers.
 
Any Gambian can form a political party and be leader or elected leader of the said party within the governs of our Constitution and the Electoral laws, it should be up to the citizens to vote any leader of their choice to the highest office in the Republic.
 
So again, I urge all of us to keep it civil and constructive. Thanks and God Bless.
 
Ur Bro always and fellow citizen
 
Pa Musa J.
 


On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 9:21 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Mr. Drammeh Bin Drammeh Bin Santangfarra! I know since the Ramadan has ended and now you can eat all day long, you will have enough energy to sit in front of the keyboard and make noise.
As much as I decided not to participate in these debates, I think is time for all of us to try and look at what is at the nation's interest. I think if we are all truthful as to who we are, is high time to stop looking at the situation at hand as to something that will be at the favour of any political figure. Yes, is time for everyone to start some sensible debate regarding what all can collectively do to remedy the situation.
Mr. Drammeh can write a book about darboe and likewise someone wlse can do same about Hamat, Halifa, OJ, Sedia etc. but at the end of the day what are we going to gain about that? At times I see such and the courses that has been dragging the political maturity among us and in effect end up hurting the nation. Guys, my contribution here is not mend for any prolonged debate as to who is who and what not. Am trying to shed a light to all the personal attacks about what one may thinks is the weakness of a person. Yes, we are all human and none of us is perfect. Therefore, if we look at the political situation on the ground, we should all agree that whoever is at the helm of any political party, be it APRC, PDOIS, NRP, UDP, GMC etc has been choosen by their individual party militants to lead. Now, if Pateh does not like Demba and people who are the eligible voters for now choose Demba to lead, why would pateh not just look into a candidate and/or party of his choise and not try to see how best to talk about Demba who apparently is the peoples choise. These and many more including our personal ego's, tribal sickness ....... Name it are what is going to continue to hurt our nation.
With that token from my person, I apologize if I wrong anyone among the readership of this mighty forum.
Thanks to all,
Ousman

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Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 09:56:04 -0700
Subject: Re: [>-<] I do not hate Darboe I just despise his cowardice

Mr Drammeh, you will never acknowledge it but you do have a person hatre for the guy. Look Darboe is in politics but that should not deter a fearless guy like you to enter politics.

How will you reconcile the fact that even though Darboe is a "coward" , in the two elections after he "ran away" he is still able to get more votes than the none-cowards.

Sainey. 

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On Sep 18, 2010, at 9:16 AM, Muhammed Drammeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Dear All,

 

I have received several emails regarding my criticism of Darboe.  Some people went as far as alleging that I hate him personally.

 

I therefore, by way of response reply here in the Post and L that I have no hatred for Darboe as a person. However I absolutely despise his cowardice and his lack of patriotism.

 

Darboe should ran away after more than 100,000 Gambian men and women voted for him. He betrayed the trust of these voters the very first time they voted for him.

 

Darboe should have been the last man to leave but he instead choose to be the first to jump a fence. He has shown cowardice and politically immaturity at its very best.

 

Darboe even allowed his supporters to promote tribal politics and thus create a winning machine for Jammeh.

 

I am not lying about Darboe and I have no personal hatred of the man. All I am saying about him are facts and they are all evidenced by historical occurrences. It is plain fact that he ran away and yet he still has the audacity to be in politics! This man should be real! Is Darboe plainly trying to be cheeky with the rest of us or is he just simply and plainly slow to understand that his presence in our political system will galvanize support for Jammeh?

 

The most honourable thing that any human being can do is to show dignity and humility. Lack of these presupposes either intellectual absence or intellectual dishonesty.

 

Darboe’s presence in Gambian politics has allowed Jammeh to successfully play the tribal card to win elections. Jammeh’s happiest moments are when Darboe is in the election. He know that all he had to do to scare Darboe is just a minor threat. Jammeh is a big bully but Darboe is the big coward that allowed to be bullied. Jammeh understands the ways of Darboe.

 

Politics involves sacrifice and it is risk taking. It involves responsibility and these are qualities that Darboe lacks.

 

Darboe has time to rectify the situation. He should resign from party politics and apologise to the Gambian people for running away. If he  does this will create a new chapter for him in the history of Gambian politics. People like myself will forgive him for running away.

 

Therefore my stance against Darboe is not about his personality. It is all about the politics that he represents which I find unsuitable.

 

He should have led by example and should never have ran away. Now that he had already ran away he should try to rectify the situation.

 

I know the UDP have got several talents and Darboe is not indispensable. He should allow the UDP to choose a new leader and avoid his megalomania.

 

Darboe is history and can never win in The Gambia and will never be the President of The Gambia. It is thus necessary that he give up in his attempts. The UDP should be allowed to select a new leader with intellectual maturity and political awareness. Once the UDP do away with Darboe it could even increase the chances of a united opposition against the bully of The Gambia and that is Jammeh.

 

Jammeh will only be defeated when political and intellectual maturity is in place. This is the way forward to win hearts and minds.

 

I therefore say to these people that I have no problem with Darboe as person but I definitely have a problem with his cowardice. “Cowards die many times before their deaths”. This is so said fro those voices of the old and words of the populations around the world.

 

I have replied to you but in the L and Post but I will still maintain your privacy. I hope that I made my point clear.


 
Muhammad Bai Drammeh



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