E,
It`s nice to hear from you again! Keep me posted. You are our brother and
a Gambian citizen, we need to hear your views. Don`t worry, you will not
be the only Gambian who will reckon. We have soooooooo! many, who should
reckon. Justice should be served to everybody. Keep them coming and be
courageous!
Elhajj.
Ebou Jallow skrev:
> My Good Friend Yus,
>
> Thank you for your comments. Please note that I am not duplicating
> any theories in my last article... I did borrow some statements from
> some magisterial minds to reinforce my arguement only. I believe
> this is a fair practice in the market place of ideas. Rest assured
> that my thoughts are very original.
>
> Now coming to the issues you raised in your posting, I come to
> understand two significant concerns that led you to adopt your very
> commendable approach i.e. concerns about the opposition's failure
> and the "fears" of negotiating with Jammeh. The structural problems
> in any electoral process are contingent "evils" inherent in any
> democracy. You can scan the globe from Florida to Mongolia- there
> will always be defects one way or other in any electoral system.
> Afterall the most conspicous inherent value of a liberal political
> system is the sovereignty of the people who exercise their
> inalienable right to choose its leaders. It is the duty of the
> contesting political parties, especially the opposition to exercise
> their maximum political influence making sure that the process is
> fair and square. Scapegoating and scavenging for "reasons"
> post-elections will definitely be imprudent and unsavvy! I will
> therefore conclude on this issue that any strategy to engage Jammeh
> based on this inevitable happenstance and poor informational base
> will be incomplete.
>
> Now your second concern compliments the unexpected product of the
> first issues I raised above. The difference I sense in your comments
> is embedded in a very sentimental matrix that engulfs all of us who
> wished a totally different outcome last Thursday, October 18- that
> Jammeh has genuinely and unequivocally earned a legitimate victory
> over a very competent adversary. In addition, we all still have this
> hangover from this bleak picture of 1994 "Lieutenant Jammeh"- a
> moronic, an uncouth ignoramus from the Army who is incapable of
> stitching any simple coherent sentence in English. This may well be
> a fact then but an anachronism after 18 October 2001. President
> Jammeh today is an enigmatic political force whose presence cannot be
> slighted no matter what we think of him! I sense these subtle
> sentiments in two words you used i. e "trump cards" and
> "negotiating" . The former is somewhat euphemistic and the latter
> connotes a sense of equality. With all due respect Yus, the
> connection of these two CANNOT exist in the relationship between G-L
> and a democratically elected President Jammeh. Jammeh does not have
> "trump cards", he enjoys the FIDUCIARY of a sovereign people. He can
> act in any manner he dims fit with the interest of those who elected
> him. You see my drift...He can CHOOSE to listen to the SUGGESTIONS
> of the G-L for there is nothing binding him to negiotate ANYTHING
> with the G-L. Afterall the G-L has very little impact on the Gambian
> body politic otherwise he would not have been the President today.
>
> So my good friend, engaging President Jammeh requires our commited
> fidelity towards the common good, learning to forget our bitter
> defeat in the last elections, and respecting Jammeh's legitimate
> Presidency unless we want to trump the very democratic principles we
> have been fighting for since 1994 in order start another revolution.
>
> Thank you for the healthy debate.
>
> Ebou Jallow
> Georgetown University, WASH DC.
>
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