By now the pattern has become both familiar  and very predictable. Daily one
organized group or another makes a trek to state house in what is
euphemistically billed a 'courtesy call.' With the GRTS cameras rolling,
these self described groups descend into toady remarks and shameless
posturing that is meant to massage the ego of their host. Listening to the
teachers union representatives some weeks ago, you would think the state of
education in the Gambia today is not the unmitigating disaster it is. In a
similar vein the University students who are contending with a shell of a
University and a relatively bleak future in a country that is inching toward
an economic implosion chose to stick with the tried and true formula of
flattering this toad of a President for an automobile. Neither the students
nor the Gambian people in general should allow themselves to be ruined
through institutional neglect, corruption and cruelty on the one hand, and
turn around and go cup in hand to the very thief and murderer who is
principally responsible for their predicament. It is disheartening and
repulsive for citizens of our country who know precisely the vile nature of
this regime to accept moneys extorted from the dying peasants of our country.
I do not for one moment subscribe to the fatally flawed notion that
desperation and financial difficulty invariably sucks out every ounce of
decency in otherwise decent people. It is forbidden for good people to
associate themselves with murderers and criminals much less shamelessly
jostling for their ill-gotten money. After getting their very much
anticipated 'gift' these charity recipients get their crowning indignity with
a lecture from the likes of Yankuba Touray, Therese Ndong and other
miscrants.It tells you how far Gambia has fallen off course if seemingly good
people can tolerate the ruination of their country  and willing reduce
themselves to actively lobbying for charity from people who in the normal
Gambian  societal pecking order are less than nothing. Criminals and thugs
deserve only the concerted effort of honest citizens to remove them, charge
them with the array of crimes they have committed and prosecute them to the
full extent of the law. Taking charity from them is in itself both an insult
and a crime.
Karamba

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