Mr. Kah,

Not so fast… this might sound like a premature autopsy, and I would beg 
to differ.  The APRC is not a movement as you asserted but a political 
party with a constitution at the core of its establishment.   Although I 
may be guilty of being a skeptic, I am not a member of any political 
party yet I do tend to sympathize with the APRC.  However, I shall never 
hesitate to raise the red flag on any subtle cant from the perceptions 
of an opposition militant.  
Jammeh’s actions against his own party stalwarts demonstrate two astute 
lessons howsoever tenuous the situation appears politically: legal 
action against his own party members restores a moral order which shall 
enhance further glasnost, accountability and probity.  On the other 
hand, the shake up shall give room for much needed reforms within the 
government in order to cultivate legitimacy and transparency.  All these 
values are well enshrine in the APRC party manifesto…in fact they 
reflect the very platform that anointed Jammeh to leadership after the 
coup in 1994.  I hope the other political parties will also have the 
same moral courage to commit to such uncompromising self-appraisal 
rather than pamphleteering cynicism every other week.


Ebou  


                                                                         

                                            

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