Ms. Diop:
I also want to extend a hand. This is our struggle.
Please let us reach a compromise before it is too
late.
Naphiyo,
Comrade ML Jassey-Conteh
Greensboro, NC/Kombo East Constituency
Original Message:
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From: Mariama Diop [log in to unmask]
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 22:03:16 -0400
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: WHY, JAWARA, WHY
<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>
<P>Dear Mr. Conteh,</P>
<P>That Dibba is open to Darboe leading the Opposition is a welcome and a wise decision for the achievement of our ultimate goal of ousting Jammeh , eventhough this was not the impression that I got from his press interview. Yes, we all want Jammeh out come October , yet I thought it fitting to give credit where credit is due. </P>
<P>No hard feelings, </P>
<P>mariama<BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
<DIV></DIV>>To: [log in to unmask]
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: WHY, JAWARA, WHY
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 20:52:57 -0400
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Ms. Diop:
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Your message is very disturbing. Though I support the NCP, I am
<DIV></DIV>>really worried that without unity, we will go down in defeat.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>When the so-called opportunists were causing evil and enriching
<DIV></DIV>>themselves, Dibba stayed with the NCP. While others lied under
<DIV></DIV>>oath at Dibba's trial, God was looking down on Dibba to be
<DIV></DIV>>patient. While the former faithful of respected late PS Njie
<DIV></DIV>>betrayed him, Sir Dawda and his messengers engaged in a process
<DIV></DIV>>of elimination.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>There is absolutely no truth that Ousainou provided his services
<DIV></DIV>>to Dibba at no charge. We in NCP are not opposed to Ousainou
<DIV></DIV>>being the nominee. We are, however, opposed to the PPP manipulating
<DIV></DIV>>the whole issue at the expense of NCP, PDOIS, NRP and PDP.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Please understand that the marriage between UDP and PPP will short
<DIV></DIV>>live. I hope we can come to the realization that we need to reach out.
<DIV></DIV>>If we continue with this kind of message, we will be facing five
<DIV></DIV>>more years of terror. Even though we have different preferences, our
<DIV></DIV>>desire for a free Gambia are the same.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>May I reach out to you? May I ask the end result of the PPP in this
<DIV></DIV>>suicidal marriage?
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Naphiyo,
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Comrade ML Jassey-Conteh
<DIV></DIV>>Greensboro, NC/Kombo East Constituency
<DIV></DIV>>Original Message:
<DIV></DIV>>-----------------
<DIV></DIV>>From: Mariama Diop [log in to unmask]
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 09:38:01 -0400
<DIV></DIV>>To: [log in to unmask]
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: WHY, JAWARA, WHY
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<P>I just want to believe that PPP support of UDP has no strings attached. Let's assume that it is a way of saying thank you to Darboe for being there for them during those dark days of the history of our beloved country (eventhough I don't remember having heard any of the unbanned politicians explicitly thank UDP or any of the other opposition parties for their relentless fight against Decree 89) </P></DIV>>
<P> I would have thought that Darboe who has always fought hard against injustice metted out during both the Jawara and Jammeh regimes and contributed enormously towards the lifting of Decree 89 would enjoy unconditional support from all quarters. </P>
<DIV></DIV>>
<P>But instead, and amazingly, his worst enemy today, seems to be S.M. Dibba, the man, he successfully defended virtually free of charge during his treason trial . But as a friend remarked the other day, hey in politics you can expect anything. </P>
<DIV></DIV>>
<P>I tend to have a soft spot for people with proven records and that's partly why I have no doubt that Darboe would make a better president than S.M Dibba eventhough the latter claims to be a more seasoned politician. Darboe has always proved to be an excellent selfless hardworking fighter - Who does'nt want someone who can and is disposed to fight for and protect our interests? . </P>
<DIV></DIV>>
<P>Could someone familiar with Dibba and his political career indicate to me what exactly Dibba has really ever done for the Gambia ? </P>
<DIV></DIV>>
<P>Gambia is in dire straits both economically and politically and we need a fighter in touch with all of us and who can deliver. And that's another reason why I believe that we should all rally behind Darboe to give the Gambia some breathing space and a chance for a better life.. </P>
<DIV></DIV>>
<P><BR><BR> </P>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>From: Jungle Sunrise <[log in to unmask]>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>To: [log in to unmask]
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: WHY, JAWARA, WHY
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:24:25 +0000
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>A veterinary Doctor friend of mine who works for the ITC once told
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>me how he
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>enjoyed being a vet. Being a vet, according to him, gave one the
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>opportunity
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>to understand people. He opined that as a vet you deal with so many
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>animals
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>that you come to quickly understand them and can easily relate to
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>them.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>There is no doubt in my mind that the current disarray within the
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>opposition
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>is caused by none other than Sir Dawda, a vet by profession. he
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>knows the
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>mentality of our people so much that he can mesmirize the majority
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>into
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>believing that the best thing that ever happened to The Gambia was
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>the PPP.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>He knew from day one that the for the PPP to stand any reasonable
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>chance of
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>coming back to power they needed the support of those who, while not
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>necessarily in support of the PPP, do not support the APRC either.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>The
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>question now arises as to which of the opposition parties is in a
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>better
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>position to provide that support base and therefore the best target
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>for a
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>merger (hostile take over if need be). The PDOIS is definitely not a
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>candidate because of their ideology. The GPD and NRP can also be
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>discounted
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>because of their limited support base. The NCP could also be counted
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>out
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>because of the unbridgeable gap between SM Dibba and the rest of the
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>PPP
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>leadership.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Now, what does the PPP do? Being the strategist and vet that he is,
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>he
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>figured out very quickly that for the PPP to make a comeback, it was
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>necessary to alienate the NCP. He knew very well that because the
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>NCP are
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>dead opposed to another PPP government and the fact that the major
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>opposition party was composed of mainly NCP supporters and some PPP
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>supporters, they had to neutralize the NCP as quickly as possible.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>This was
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>easily achieved by threatening to resurrect the party and throw sand
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>into
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>the 'cherreh' so to speak unless the UDP saw some sense in embracing
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>it even
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>if it had to be at the expense of the NCP. The PPP told the whole
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>world that
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>they sponsored the UDP during the past presidential and National
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>assembly
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>elections and that they still had all their political machinery in
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>place as
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>well as the resources to pose a formidable challenge to the APRC.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>The
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>prospect of that happening would have evaporated any chance that the
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>UDP
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>might have had against the APRC. Next, they played Dibba against his
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>former
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>allies by supporting a UDP presidential nominee in return for what,
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>we are
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>yet to know. For anyone to think that the UDP/PPP "alliance" is
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>anything but
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>a merger/takeover must be in cloud cuckoo land. People like Dampha
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>will try
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>to hoodwink people by telling us otherwise but all one needs to do
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>to see
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>this is to review the reports from their Brikama rally of last
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>weeekend. For
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>every UDP official that spoke, three former PPP ministers spoke. It
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>is also
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>important to note that with the exception of Darbo all tried to sell
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>the
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>PPPlegacy of peace, tranquility, human rights and rule of law. None
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>promised
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>to do anything for the country. I stand to be corrected. The good
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>thing is
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>that most Gambians already know this and will not allow it. As far
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>as people
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>on the ground are concerned the socio-economic developments that
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>have taken
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>place during the last seven years under the APRC provide enough
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>reason to
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>vote for them. THE FIRST REPUBLIC IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE SECOND!!!
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Have a good day, Gassa.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>From: TOMBONG SAIDY <[log in to unmask]>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
<DIV></DIV>>
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<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>To: [log in to unmask]
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Subject: WHY, JAWARA, WHY
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 06:10:03 -0500
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Below is an article in this week's edition of WEST AFRICA MAGAZINE
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>(page
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>10,
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>issue No. 4289, 20th-26th August 2001)
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Why, Jawara, why?
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Adama Gaye
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>THIS IS THE MOTHER OF ALL COMEBACKS, and may be the biggest failure
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>in
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>perspective. The man who ruled The Gambia from 1965, when this
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>tiny West
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>African nation (less than one million inhabitants and roughly
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>10,000 sq km)
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>became independent, to 1994, when he was toppled in a military
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>coup, has
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>decided to stage a comeback. Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, if all goes
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>according to what is believed in his country, will join the
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>political pack
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>and re-engage in active internal politics. At 77 years of age, he
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>is keen
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>to take on his military successor turned civilian ruler, President
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Yahya
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>ammeh, who is less than 40 years old. Is this revenge, nurtured by
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>the
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>souvenir of the humiliating coup d'etat suffered by a man
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>considered,
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>rightly, as the father of Gambia's independence? Or is it the
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>ultimate
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>expression of his genuine commitment to public service?
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>But will Jawara be successful? Will he be referred to after the
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>October
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>2001 presidential election as the comback veteran? Or is this a
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>foolish
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>adventure for an old man who has lost all sense of reality after
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>several
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>years of exile in England?
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>When I heard the news of Jawara's decision to return to the
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>political field
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>as a potential presidential candidate, I had to pinch myself. How
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>come an
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>old man considers it wise to be a contender in a presidential race
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>that
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>should feature younger generation leaders? At his age, people
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>generally
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>enjoy their retirement and take care of their grandchildren or even
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>the
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>great-grandchildren that, in his case, he must have been fortunate
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>to have.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>But no, Jawara wants to occupy the political centre stage again.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>This is
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>certainly not the best move by someone who should have learnt
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>better from
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>life and experience. Maybe that is how dinosaurs behave. Or is it
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>just
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>another example of how difficult it is to adapt to this fast
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>changing world
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>for one of those people who claim divine right to rule their
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>countries?
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Too bad for a man whose name brings back memories of those leaders
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>who have
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>long been forgotten unless they were very effective while in
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>office.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Jawara
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>could have kept his place in the not so crowded gallery of leaders
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>retained
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>by history if he had understood that his only duty was to remain
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>the father
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>of The Gambia's independence and the man who did his best, mistakes
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>and
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>achievements included, to steer his country's first moves in the
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>comity of
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>nations.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Jawara's contemporaries were, in Africa, the likes of Senegal's
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Leopold
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Sedar Senghor, Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta, Cote d'Ivoire's Houphouet
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Boigny,
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Ethiopia's Haile Selassie, to name but a few. He belongs to that
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>generation
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>of leaders associated with the first years of Africa's march on the
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>international scene. On the world stage his counterparts included,
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>among
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>others, China's Mao Tse-tung, America's Lyndon Johnson, France's
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Charles de
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Gaulle and Britain's Edward Heath.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>So why on earth does he believe it is not yet time for him to abide
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>by the
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>famous Shakespearian saying that everyone should exit the stage
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>after
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>having
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>played their role?
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>That is not Jawara's idea. He proved that while in government. He
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>announced in 1991 that it was time for him to leave the political
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>scene
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>voluntarily, only to "change" his mind quickly when, he said,
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>people
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>"forced" him to remain. Did he seriously believe that without him
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>there
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>would be no The Gambia? Since 1994, life has continued - new
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>roads, new
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>schools and other projects have emerged. The Gambia continues to
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>be a
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>reality. Nobody demonstrated to have Jawara back in power. So his
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>self-declared Messiah status, his ambition to lead his People's
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Progressive
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Party (PPP) - the former governing party - again, show how the man
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>likes
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>power. Nothing else.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Jawara should go and rest. His family and friends should tell him
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>that.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>The
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>international community too. It is time for him to rise above the
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>pettiness
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>of politics and understand that whatever his noble goals for his
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>country
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>are, he should channel them through other people, younger people,
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>leaders
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>with drive, strength and vision for The Gambia. Who can doubt that
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>there
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>are plenty of other Gambians who would be honoured to stand for the
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>presidential race and give a more credible run to the current
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>President?
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Jawara runs the risk of being disgraced like other leaders who
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>staged
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>failed
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>> political comebacks, such as Kenneth Kaunda in Zambia, Pinto de
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Costa in
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Sao Tome, Yakubu Gawon in Nigeria, and outside Africa, Bolivia's
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Hugo
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Banzer, who comebacks turned out to be a total disaster.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>No matter what one may think of Jammeh's rule in The Gambia, it is
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>a pity
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>that Jawara is falling victim to greed for power. The road to
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>dignity is
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>to
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>go back home as an elder statesman and be welcomed that with all
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>the honour
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>and respect due to his past role in the independence struggle and
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>in the
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>service of The Gambia. The younger generation, including Jammeh,
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>could
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>benefit from his advice.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Those who tell him that he is the only one who can defeat the
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>current
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>President because of supposedly solid support from the Mandingo
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>group are
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>fooling him. Other people in his party deserve to be given a
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>chance,
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>unless
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>Jawara did not do anything to nurture them for governance while he
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>was in
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>office. Sir Dawda Jawara, it is time to rest, and learn from
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>dignified
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>African leaders, like Nelson Mandela, who left power without
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>turning back.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>History is on their side, not on the side of those who cling to
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>power at
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>all
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>costs.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>>
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