Well written piece Karamba,

The imbecilic moron posturing himself as legitimate leader of people is
finish.

Yahya and his lackeys have sensed the feeling of  the people.  The failed
meet the peoples tour plus the Sami election results are good indicators of
the peoples readiness to rid themselves of this buffoon.

No wonder APRC are resorting to what they know best-intimidation and terror.

First, amend the constitution to give Yahya power to usurp the democratic
rights of the people.  How on earth does Yahya and his new lackey Nia Ceesay
know that appointing chiefs is in the best interest of the electorate?  It
is obvious that this is another ploy to put more of Yahya's lackeys in power
to further sink the country into the abyss.

Second along Yahya's trajectory of self-destructing strategies is to concoct
some imagined coup plot so as create the impression that the national
security of the country is at stake.  The APRC is held bend to create chaos
in order to steal the coming elections.

The APRC should know that in whatever shape or form they come they can't
fool us.

WE SHALL NOT BOW.  WE SHALL OVERCOME>

Keep up the struggle.

MBoge



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>Subject: Preparing for Yahya Jammeh.
>Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 12:01:52 EST
>
>The coming  months would be both decisive and pivotal. I am confidently
>predicting that Yahya Jammeh would be removed from office and his evil ways
>done away with once and for all. I know such a statement illicits a broad
>range of reactions from list members anywhere from a strong  dose of
>skepticism  to cautious optimism that this evil man  can be removed. In
>Yahya
>today we find a creul but increasingly desperate man who is fully aware of
>his utter rejection by the Gambian people. In a bid to emerge from this
>politically fatal situation he is trying his underhanded methods of
>combining
>acts of terror and dictatorial benevolence to pacify his victims. This
>strategy no longer works as is evidenced by ordinary peoples' penchant  to
>assert themselves and their rights. Even his Kangaroo courts aren't as
>reliable an instrument of his repression they once were. They are now
>imperfect and unpredictable and that is why the attorney general and
>government prosecutors have now pioneered an entirely new genre of legal
>practice: seeking case extensions into termination, figuring out that few
>judges would put up with prosecutors who can't and won't proceed with
>trial.
>Innocent people often end up saddled with legal fees and long separation
>from
>their families on trumped charges.
>Also adding to Yahya's predicament is the realization that he cannot under
>circumstances fail to schedule elections in as much as he would want to. He
>cannot govern the country if a declaration disenfranchising the population
>is
>made. The opposition UDP is already on record as saying that they would not
>accept postponement of elections under any circumstances  and they would
>bring their supporters enmasse into the streets to resist an illegal power
>grap. Amat Bah of the NRP has urged his supporters to be vigilant along
>similar lines. I know PDOIS to be on record as urging strict adherence to
>the
>stipulations of the constitution leading me to a theoretical conclusion
>that
>they would in principle oppose any attempt at postponing elections. I don't
>know if they would choose to assert themselves on the streets or treat the
>Gambian people and the government of Yahya Jammeh to an elegant lecture of
>the law, philosophy and sociology.
>The first battle lines between the democratic forces constituting the
>opposition and the government of Yahya must be drawn on the issue of local
>government. The government has steadfastly refused to pass enabling
>legislation to comply with constitutionally mandated local government
>election. Instead they have chosen to impose administrative commissars in
>the
>name acting mayor and  acting chiefs who have zero legitimacy in the eyes
>of
>the people they have been sent to rule over. They are political hacks
>purposely set up to compliment other conduits of government malfeasance
>such
>as the commissioners and auxiliary bureaucrats. All opposition parties
>ought
>to urge their supporters not to recognize these illegal office holders by
>refusing to send in their hard earn taxes to pirates and lackeys. The
>government has no capacity to go after hundreds of thousands of gambians
>asserting their rights. In a similar vein, if and when the government
>brings
>up the outrageous constitutional amendment proposal changing district
>chiefs
>from being elected to being appointed by the President, UDP, PDOIS and NRP
>should not dignify tabling the motion by even being present. They should
>vacate the house and let the Aprc members hatch their illegal plan and they
>should further urge their supporters not to recognize their own
>disenfranchisement. Yahya may think he can choose the people's chief but
>validating that choice rest squarely with the people to be governed. Where
>would all of this lead you ask? Well, simply to one direction:
>ungovernability. The people would have to choose between asserting their
>rights and dignity or surrendering to the whims and caprices of a thug who
>would soon turn them into a disposable possession to be used and discarded.
>Another possibility in the ongoing saga of our country would be that Yahya
>would reluctantly go to the pollsand with impending defeat he would decide
>to
>incite skirmishes and use that as a pretext to annul elections. In my
>opinion
>the opposition should still stick to their plan to massively bring their
>supporters out on the streets albeit with a different strategy. The
>combined
>strength of the opposition in the greater Banjul area is in the tens of
>thousands and in the face of an election highjack, there needs to be five
>massive gatherings consisting of thousands of people each. The first would
>comprise of group A from Brikama and it's surrounding environments upto and
>including yundum. Their objective would be to gather in their thousands and
>link hands and march up to the army Barracks in yundum, over run it and
>take
>it over. Yeah I can hear some of you expressing disbelieve that I am
>actually
>suggesting a bloodbath in the barracks of Yundum by asking unarmed
>civilians
>to march on the barracks of a largely unprofessional army. But I would
>remind
>you that a much bigger army and far more ruthless than the thugs we have in
>the past have been overwhelmed by defenseless civilians out on the right
>path. Besides it is far from certain that you would have the army in it's
>totality being predisposed to the kind waton violence it would have take to
>prevent thousands of people from marching on their barracks. Infact I am
>convinced a majority would not carry out orders to shoot at thousands of
>people. Once the camp is overrun, the objective would be to disarm the
>soldiers within and occupy the camp and persuade the erstwhile renegades to
>join the people in doing the right thing. Group B meanwhile would similarly
>take over the camp in Bakau with thousands from parts of Serrekunda closest
>to Bakau joining the people of that town to overrun that installation
>too.Again the objective is disarming and occupying. Remember in both
>Barracks
>the civilians are still unarmed. Meanwhile Group C would be in charge of
>Serrekunda ensuring that the police stations and the facilities of GRTS too
>are in the people's hands with a simple and reassuring  message to the
>people
>that are being handed their elections and folks can come join the hand
>linking but that this was not  be chaotic situation. No arms and no
>lawlessness.
>At this time the people would have to assume that Yahya is either in Banjul
>or Kanilai or some other safe house. In any case the approach to Banjul
>would
>have to be done on the assumption that it  would entail the greatest
>danger.
>Like any tyrant Yahya has ensured that the Presidential guard has better
>and
>more firepower. Adding to that is the fact that the entire unit is composed
>of foreign mercenaries, and fierce personal loyalists who owe their
>undeserved privilege to only yahya . The Gambian people in their march to
>regain their government should not expect the Presidential guard to
>surrender. Group D and E would be a 5000 man people's militia who would
>have
>to be armed from the two Camps of Yundum and Bakau. They would have to
>fight
>an existential battle with the Presidential guard and capture the Capital
>city. If at the time of this final thrust Yahya is in Banjul then that
>might
>cap the people's march to freedom. If on the other hand he flees to Kanilai
>or it's surrounding bush then the people would have to shift the battle
>there. He might try to counter attack with the assortment of heavy weapons
>he
>has stashed in that hell hole of his. But again with fewer people he would
>loose that one too. There might be tactical flaws with the way I sequence
>events or much more dangers inherent than I discuss but I firmly believe
>that
>Yahya Jammeh would not prevail in a tussle with the Gambian people. He is
>an
>evil man and good always prevails.To be sure we the people would have paid
>the price for regaining our freedom, but in the process we would have laid
>the foundation for our nation to begin a new and better course. Our elected
>leaders would then have the monumental task of picking the pieces and
>provide
>good leadership.  Their success or failure would depend on how we the
>ordinary Gambians  remain engaged in fostering  and save guarding our
>democracy.
>Karamba
>
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