"My brother Haruna," Yero.
Yes my good friend, how are you?
"Passing through shady characters might as well jeopardize things." Yero.
I believe you imply my choice of Jatta and Mbowe as interlocutors. I also
believe Jatta and Mbowe are shady characters. Even before they associated
themselves with Yahya. I know the two of them and Yahya knows the two of them.
Yahya does have a modicum of comfort with them regardless of what I or you think
of them. The idea here is to choose interlocutors that Yahya feels
comfortable with because it is important for Yahya to know that I will complete my end
of the bargain when he completes his end of the bargain. That is proper in
considerations. It is not as important for me to choose my favourite people as
it is for Yahya to consider me a reliable partner. I hope I make some sense
here Yero.
"A donkey knows no negotiation, but the whip." Yero.
This is a bit extreme and it wreaks of grandstanding. I advise you cease.
Besides, I do not have the luxury of such disposition. Lives and freedoms of
other are at risk. Further, if I thought Yahya was a donkey, I would not have
undertaken to share ideas with him. I think we should cease such gratuitous
animus. It serves no purpose. I am just as frustrated as you with Yahya but you
ought to be able to articulate your frustration and with propriety.
Name-calling is banter for the clueless. I'm sorry Yero, I had to give you some tough
love. I know you don't really believe this about Yahya but you're letting
your frustration get the better of you. I would have thought you would have
supported or encouraged me in this endeavour. I want you to know that FJManneh
thinks highly of Magistrate Jawo and all the other Judges in whose courtrooms
she appeared. She thinks the charges are too extreme to be adjudicable, and
she awaits yahya's better judgement to drop all charges without prejudice. And
I have another deal to make with Yahya if he yields to FJManneh's wishes. I
was gonna surprise Yahya with that so I will reserve it until I am able to
surprise him.
"Until such a time when Gambians and their friends put it at the back of
their minds that we don't beg" Yero.
I am not begging for anything. I seek trade of considerations for relief for
our fellow citizens. Full stop.
"or compromize freedom and liberty," Yero.
Compromise. I do not seek compromise of Freedom and Liberty. I share
perspectives and considerations in Freedom and Liberty, and on the behalf of my
fellow citizens who desire relief from wrongful arrest and detention.
"then we are stagnant." Yero.
Try original thought sometime and wean yourself of unintelligible
soundbites. That is too much PDOIS. And they are stagnant. Life is an exhilarating
paradigm for those who desire to live it.
"You have to insist on it from any oppressor." Yero.
This pre-supposes the existence of the oppressor. I think you have herded in
the desert too many times. Mirages are the scope of your visions Yero. How
about not accepting an oppressor in the first place before you have to insist
on inalienable freedoms and liberties?
"The oppressor will never willingly give it up." Yero.
Exactly. But Yahya will consider value for their yield. Value that folk like
you and my uncle Suntou attempt to obscure from Yahya.
"Any of them, the minor one or the major one. It's nothing but 'shit' [
excuse my french yaw.]" Yero.
Think for a minute Yero. What would your venom yield you? What could it
possibly yield you? And whatever it yields you, how are you sure that that is
more valuable to your fellow citizen than considered wisdom? I must share with
you that you are still not the most frustrated or angry with Yahya. In fact I
know that much of this display is grandstanding. People who mean business are
more circumspect than what you and Suntou display. Consider that FJManneh is
a brave soul and she is more valuable to Yahya when she is free than when she
is detained. In effect, your hatred of Yahya could very well be misplaced.
Ok I know you didn't get this one. The reason why She has not been brought
before any court for a long time after two courts rejected the case could very
well be that Yahya needs the interlude to reflect and he may already have
considered releasing her from the vortex of detention even before I thought
about speaking with him about considerations. I know your mind is so far gone
about Yahya, you can't bring yourself to believe this could be the case. The
same goes for Rambo and Kanyibaa Kanyi. We must admit that there is a modicum of
injured pride here for Yahya and we must be considerate of that too as we
plead with his better judgement. Allah can be funny sometimes.
"That's why it turns me off when i see killer-instincts and people with
tendencies to become oppressors, any form of it." Yero.
I abhor killer-instincts and people with tendencies to become oppressors as
much as you do. You may not know this but both you and I have this capacity.
The trick is to manage it for good rather than evil. That is where our better
judgements come in. Do you agree? Or do you not believe you have killer
instincts and tendencies of an oppressor?
"That's where self-defense should come into play." Yero.
Allo! Allo!!, Earth to Yero, can you hear me?? Can you hear me now? Good!
Now focus. The only way you defend yourself against your more odious instincts
is to strengthen your benign and more valuable instincts and hone your
retrieval mechanism to train on wisdom. As Gandhi is wont to quip; "Be the change
you seek".
"But thanks for your open demonstration, and it does make a lot of
difference to me, because time and again, you featured her name in your threads." Yero.
Don't worry Yero. I am confident there is method to some of our seeming
madnesses. The way I see it, you appreciate value but it will forever be out of
your reach if you remain so restless and sensitive. I frankly don't know what
grandstanding could possibly yield anyone. More than likely death by
accidental injury.
"It can be only out of concern and frustration I realized." Yero.
Indeed. And love for my fellow citizen. Not concern and frustration only
(which is all you and Suntou have right now). I have the additional interest of
love for my fellow citizens Suntou, Yero, FJManneh, Yahya, Rambo, Kanyibaa
Kanyi, Tamsir Mbowe, Veep Ajaratou, and baboucarr Jatta. Did I share a story
about Baboucarr and myself with you? Well, you'll have to wait until June of
'08 and remind me or you can check the archives of Posten.
"If you want to know how to be in further help to her, please give her a
courtesy call, I am sure she will appreciate it." Yero.
Don't worry. When I call FJ, it will be to let her know she is free to go
anywhere she pleases without prior written permission from anyone. I'll let you
do the courtesy calls to her and keep us abreast of her spirits. Better yet,
I don't want you or Suntou calling FJManneh until I announce that you can.
You may hinder her expeditious release unawares. You hear me?
"Little one," Yero.
Haroun Al Khairawan. You call yourself my younger pliny all the time but you
don't listen to me. Why is that? MQDT. Darbo.
Fatou Jaw Manneh’s CaseWhat’s On?By Fabakary B. CeesayThe sedition trial
involving journalist Fatou Jaw Manneh and the state has been at a standstill
since the case was rejected by Magistrate Imelda Mboto of Banjul Magistrates
Court on Monday 6 August, for lack of her court’s jurisdiction to hear the
case. She then maintained that the case should be filed at Brikama which has
jurisdiction over the matter since the accused was arrested in that
jurisdiction.Journalist Fatou Jaw Manneh was first tried at the Kanifing Magistrates Court
by Magistrate Buba Jawo from 4 April to the 3 July 2007. On 3 July the trial
magistrate ruled that his court has no jurisdiction to hear the case and
therefore transferred the matter to Banjul which he maintained had jurisdiction.
On Monday 6 August, Magistrate Imelda Mboto of Banjul Magistrates Court also
declined to hear the case noting that her court had no jurisdiction to hear
the case. She said the prosecution should file their case at the Brikama
Magistrates’ Court. Since then the trial never proceeded either at Brikama or
Banjul.Fatou Jaw Manneh, a Gambian journalist based in the US, was arrested upon
arrival at the Banjul International Airport on the 28 March and detained at
the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) for five days before appearing in
court on 3 April before Magistrate Pa Harry Jammeh.She refused to take her plea
without a counsel. The following day 4 April, she re-appeared before
Magistrate Buba Jawo.
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