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Impeachment Threat Against Jammeh
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The Independent (Banjul)
November 11, 2005
Posted to the web November 11, 2005
Sana Camara
Banjul
The NADD executive has refuted the accusations levied against them by
President Jammeh during his Koriteh speech, saying it is putting the office
of president in disrepute, thus justifying the grounds for impeachment, as
is the norm in any civilized democratic state.
In a joint communique, opposition members asked Jammeh to back his
assertions with concrete evidence or apologise them. In their view, the
office of the president is too high to be a source of unintelligent
fabrications. "Your comments had infact outraged all Gambians and
non-Gambians alike who expect a higher standard of practice in governance
from a person occupying the highest office in the land",
President Jammeh is therefore given five working days to provide the
evidence regarding the alleged meeting or apologize, failing which NADD
would be forced to hold a press conference to denounce him as well as call
for his resignation or impeachment.
They say it is hard for them to believe that after displaying maximum
political decency during the by-elections of 29th September 2005 from which
they emerged victorious, President Jammeh could state without any semblance
of guilt or equivocation, that the opposition is promoting war between
Senegal and The Gambia because of its fear that it cannot win a free and
fair presidential election in 2006.
"We wish to assert with all the emphasis we can muster that your allegations
against the opposition are fabrications. They are based on fiction and not
facts. Consequently, they cannot stand the test of truth and commonsense.
Furthermore, since the Opposition Alliance emerged we have participated in
ten by- elections. The facts reveal that we are also leading in popular
votes", the statement said, adding that President Jammeh's "disrespectful
and revengeful" posture constitutes a betrayal of the expectations of his
peace loving visitors, a violation of his oath of office not to act with
"ill-will" and an affront to any sense of political decency.
And instead of being prophets of doom who spend their energies to denounce
Jammeh for wasting the precious resources and time of the Gambian people as
well as creating immense hardship by being adamant in maintaining the
increase in ferry tariffs in the name of defending national sovereignty and
territorial integrity only to acknowledge later that you have erred by
violating Article 6 of the Agreement on Road Transport of October 2004,
between Gambia and Senegal, the statement read, adding that NADD did a
detailed analysis to find out the source of Jammeh's shortcomings, with a
view to find a way forward in promoting a privileged relation between The
Gambia and Senegal that would be informed by the doctrine of two states one
people.
"The Executive Committee of NADD therefore concluded that the foreign policy
failure of your government arises from naked incompetence or lack of a
comprehensive foreign policy blueprint to guide your relation with Senegal
in particular and other states in the sub-region like Guinea Bissau. This is
what is responsible for your 180 degrees twist in foreign policy between 5th
October 2005 when the Secretary of State answered the question at the
National Assembly and 21st October 2005 when you visited Senegal."
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The statement faulted the lack of coherence in Jammeh's foreign policy with
Senegal, which is mainly attributable to his claim that he has no advisers.
"This claim implies that you have no policy think-tank hence your officials
are likely to recommend what pleases you. Hence instead of controlling
circumstances you are controlled by them. This is the dilemma of your
government."
"Mr. President, your threat to take life is in gross violation of the
constitution.... You are neither a prosecutor nor a judge; why do you
continue to threaten people with death? No head of state in a democratic
society would use a meeting with civil society organisations as a platform
to issue death threats. This is all the more inappropriate at a time when
many mysterious murders like that of Deyda Hydara and attempted murders like
that of Ousman Sillah have taken place in The Gambia", the communique
stated, promising to write to President Wade to clarify the issue.
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