I do not know about Hamat Bah being a Senegalese agent or not but I know for certain that Wade's government is hell bent on destabilizing Jammeh's government and replacing it with a puppet regime in collaboration with some opposition leaders in the Gambia.  Few years ago Wade invited me to Dakar along with Kukoi Samba Sanyang to strategize ways to burn Gambia to ashes...I can proof this with impeccable evidence beyond doubt ( South African Airlines ticket,telephone calls to the President Wade's office, hotel bills, war plans, etc)
The Senegalese government have this nasty habit of exploiting former politicians, and Gambian army soldiers for their own national interest of ensuring a complaint or weak administration in Banjul.
Banjul is currently infested with Senegalese hostile agents, spies and informants- from the "beggar" lurking around the office buildings to senior government officials peddling vital state secrets across border to make ends meet.

Ebou Jallow

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                                              what's wrong with Gambia's dictator president Yahya Jammeh.?  Is he really okay.? We are compelled to ask,  in view of  his negative attitude towards Gambians and the civilised world. Jammeh expelling Senegalese from The Gambia,  will not move our country anywhere. Instead, it will further cause more economic hardship for our impoverished nation.

A news story carried by The ALLGAMBIAN says"As tensions continue to mount, sources say a recent move by president Yahya Jammeh to expel the Senegalese Community in The Gambia was blocked by Gambia's vice president and APRC'S self styled griot Fatou Jahumpa Ceesay." This latest diplomatic blunder on the side of Jammeh is indeed worrying. It's a total madness.

Considering the long cultural and bilateral ties,  we had with neighbouring Senegal, it would be suicidal for Jammeh to think about  expelling our Senegalese brothers and sisters. Expelling them for what.?  We had always insisted that the border stand off  was due to Jammeh's reckless business policies. You don't expect to run your government on tax base schemes.  Exorbitant taxes,  sometimes scare potential investors and commuters.

It's time for Jammeh to wake up from his slumber and accept the realities of  sub-regional trade and globalisation. We at the ALLGAMBIAN believe that both countries cannot realise any economic advancement in the absence of the other. It's therefore imperative for dictator Jammeh to rethink about the consequences of  such a backward diplomatic move.

Our Monday lead story on the current border crisis says"The Gambia/Senegalese border impasse had an adverse effect on the fragile economy of the tiny West African country, as unimpeachable sources at The Gambia Ports Authority in Banjul unveiled a loss of state revenue amounting to the tune of D1.5 Million dalasis in a span of one month."

Our reporter  went further to states" According to our sources, Senegalese transporters had told Gambia's authorities in no uncertain terms that they will not back down on their demand for total reduction of ferry tariffs. In an attempt to dose the mounting tensions, said our sources Gambia's authorities recently sent a delegation to Dakar, Senegal to prevail on transport unionists to reconsider their show down action. However, the request was reportedly turned down, as Senegalese transporters insisted that they will not settle for anything other than tariff reduction. "

There is indeed a problem. Judging from the current position of the Senegalese transport unionists they say,  without ferry tariffs  reduction they will not open any room for dialogue. Jammeh on the other hand, is insisting that there will be no reduction. Two wrongs cannot make a right. One of the parties involved in this impasse must accept responsibility for this crisis. We wouldn't hesitate to blame Jammeh's government for causing such a mess.

We have been reliably informed that the Senegalese Community in The Gambia, formed the largest number of aliens in that country. The Immigration Department alone,  collects revenue amounting to thousands of dalasis from the Senegalese community  each year. The said money represents alien tax paid to the state. Is Yahya Jammeh trying to deprive Gambians such an income.? Is Yahya Jammeh trying to isolate The Gambia from the civilised world.? What's going on with Jammeh.? Is he really mentally stable.? We are not being rude here. We just want to know.

Jammeh's recent move to snub an envoy sent by the Nigerian President Obasanjo to mediate in the ongoing Senegalese/Gambia border crisis is a cause for concern. This goes to show that Jammeh is up to something, which he is not ready to disclose.  Time will tell.

We have also learnt about Jammeh's claims that president Wade wanted  to over throw his government. Jammeh's contention  they say,  was based on Wade's decision to grant sanctuary to the former junta Vice President Sana Sabally.  There is not wrong in President Wade's   government granting sanctuary to Sabally,  if  his government believes in Sabally's account that "he  had a well founded fear of persecution upon his return to The Gambia."  We have no intention of defending Sabally,  who is linked to all kinds of atrocities. We thought it necessary to expose Jammeh's charges against Wade's government.  We had always entertained that Sabally himself  had aided and abetted Jammeh's intimidatory tactics gainst innocent Gambians. The ball now lies on the side of host Nation Senegal, and whoever is interested in granting the former rude boy political asylum.

We are not the least convinced by Jammeh's alleged claims that that "the Wade government wanted  to destabilise his government."  Jammeh's bogus charges against the Senegalese government  started  when he accuses the  NRP leader Hamat Bah,  of being an agent for president Wade.  That Hamant is being used for espionage activities by the Wade administration. Hamat had flatly denied Jammeh's  accusation through an interview with one of Gambia's local press.

Jammeh should stop his madness and realise that some of his actions will cause our country dearly.  Let us pray for an end to these hostilities between the two sister countries. Jammeh don't seems to care about what would be the end results of such a crisis. But we do care.  Peace.!!!!










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