KB,
First, i wish to join decent Gambians everywhere in extending my heart-felt
sympathy to the latest victim(s) of Yahya's death squad.
The latest killing(s) by his terrorist regime has made the great majority of
Gambians even more determined to see to it that he is voted out of power.
The deployment of live ammunitions, once again, by his blood-thirsty regime
against unarmed civilians was deliberately perpetrated to create an
environment of utter chaos under which the elections could not be held BUT
THE OPPOSITION ALLIANCE MILITANTS WERE AWWARE OF THE PLAN AND THEREFORE
REFUSED TO PLAY TO THE REGIME'S DESIRES. I gathered that after sending the
right signal to the regime and their reactionary supporters, following the
murder(s) by his death squad, the opposition supporters dispersed
peacefully.
Indeed, Yahya is finished and he knows it. He is very much aware that the
firm grip on power that he has brutally exercised over the past 7 years is
near its end and yet there is nothing that could be done to reverse the
popular will against his evil and self-satisfying regime.
It is too late for him to reverse his massive unpopularity with the masses
and even more late for him to scapegoat any person for it. He knows that the
12th hour of his despotic reign of terror is at an end and rather than those
he labelled corrupt, he is the very one who must be 'regretting why he was
born in the first place'. Jammeh revealed his psychopatic state of mind and
desperation for power more clearly during this election campaign than any
other time in the past. His campaign performance could be summed up in the
following phrase; The arrogant President who sought re-election through
threats and contempt of the electorate upon killings and insults. In
essence, Jammeh campaigned against himself through the despicable and
arrogant attitude he potrayed towards the electorate. His current state of
mind is now contemplating on what desperate options are left open to enable
him cling on to power at all costs. There are none!, except for him to defy
the popular will of the people on his resounding defeat at the polls
tommorrow, in which case he would be chased and hunted down like a
rabies-infected-biting mad dog. As usual, his henchmen could react by
shedding the blood of more Gambians but in this case, the people have
reached the end of the firm concrete wall and they will fight back to
reassert their rights and freedoms. Yahya and his gang of evil would be
conquered by the people and if they should be fortunate to escape from being
lynched by the angry mobs, ultimately, they would be made to face justice in
the courts.
The yoke of oppression would finally be shatter tommorrow!
BMK
>From: Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Yaya is FINISHED
>Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 11:13:18 -0400
>
>It is clear that Gabriel Roberts refused to rescind his UNILATERAL DECISION
>to reduce the vote counting centers to 28. For the record, I still
>vehemently oppose this despicable decision. I am NOT at all comforted by
>the
>fact that the IEC is going to put its foot down and prevent foreigners from
>voting in our election. They are merely doing their job by disenfranchising
>foreigners.
>
>Reports that I heard did NOT clarify the procedures vis-à-vis the
>transportation of votes from polling stations to counting centers. All I
>gathered is that the Police promised to provide armed guards for the
>convoys
>transporting the ballots. What was NOT clear is whether Opposition
>representatives will be allowed in the same vehicles with their ballots. It
>is extremely important that the Opposition on the ground take this matter
>up
>with Gabriel Roberts if they have not already done so. We should NOT put
>our
>fate into the hands of the IEC and the Police. The wishes of the Gambian
>people have to be safeguarded. We should NOT just ensure that every vote is
>counted and recorded fairly, we have to ensure that the IEC announce that
>Ousainou Darboe is the next President of The Gambia, reflecting the wishes
>of the people.
>
>It is welcomed news that the IEC reminded the people that we have a ‘Secret
>Ballot’ system in the country. Yaya’s infantile rhetoric that he has video
>cameras watching who people were voting for, is utter nonsense. All the
>moron is trying to do is to intimidate people. You have to be as stupid as
>Yaya to think that that will work. The knucklehead does NOT even realize
>that people are openly wearing yellow for everyone to see that they support
>the Alliance. People do NOT care whether Yaya thinks they support him or
>not. Only APRC cowards and sycophants are hiding their true feelings.
>Ordinary Gambians have had enough of this thuggery and are ready to
>repudiate Yaya. Besides, Gambians know that Yaya is FINISHED and can do
>NOTHING to anyone. The handpicked Jola clique in the Presidential Guard
>that
>are surrounding Yaya will be overwhelmed by the people if they venture to
>carry out Yaya’s diabolical orders. Gambians will no longer let these thugs
>walk all over them.
>
>The career Policemen should endeavor to do their job and keep the peace. We
>all know that Ousman Badgie (Interior Minister) has a dog in this fight. He
>is ready to die for his fellow Jola (Yaya). Let them perish. Ordinary
>Policemen with roots in the community that have no blood in their hands
>should NOT commit suicide for Yaya’s sake. Yaya is desperate and will do
>anything to stay in power. But ordinary Gambians have a bright future with
>an Alliance government. When push comes to shove, Yaya is ready to bolt to
>Cuba. Now, where would Gabriel Roberts or Ebou Njie go? Where would their
>families and friends in the community go? That is why it is important to
>jettison Yaya. Let the vermin loose. If not, a civil war will ensue in the
>country. Why? Because Yaya already said that when he wins he will kill
>people that did NOT support him. Naturally, those people will defend
>themselves. The only logical thing for Gambians to do is to vote
>overwhelmingly for Ousainou Darboe and then come out in their tens of
>thousands to ensure that the Presidential Guard does NOT perpetuate Yaya’s
>reign of terror. That is all. The alternative is to have a hateful vermin
>at
>the helm who will NOT hesitate to slaughter children as young as three. To
>compound things, you have Gambians ready, willing and able to take Yaya on
>this time around.
>
>Again, VIGILANCE is the key. The wishes of the Gambian electorate has to be
>safeguarded. Gambians should take their fate into their own hands and NOT
>leave it to the Police and the IEC. People can be law-abiding yet firm in
>ensuring that every vote is cast, counted and recorded fairly. We all saw
>how the campaign went. While the Opposition provided clear plans to move
>our
>country FORWARD, APRC was on the defensive trying to defend the
>indefensible. They could NOT explain away the MASSACRE of our children.
>Matter of fact, they treated our children with complete contempt and NEVER
>talked about the MASSACRE during the campaign trail. Yaya could NOT explain
>away APRC CORRUPTION. Matter of fact, they displayed their corruption
>openly
>for everyone to see, by buying new vehicles and dishing out millions of
>stolen dalasis to the Gambian electorate.
>
>The height of APRC CORRUPTION was reached during the campaign season when
>Yankuba Touray stole two million dalasis from Yaya and then deliberately
>torched a government building in order to cover up his crimes. The APRC
>could NOT explain away the DESTITUTION that gripped our people during
>Yaya’s
>seven years of misrule. Matter of fact, when people asked him about why his
>government failed to buy farmers’ groundnuts, all he could say was LIES
>about other people. They could NOT explain away Yaya’s IMMATURE and UNCOUTH
>BEHAVIOR. On the contrary, the vermin stood on national TV and ABUSED our
>parents and THREATEN his opponents with death. The height of APRC THUGGERY
>during this campaign season was reached yesterday when Yaya ordered his
>guards to shoot an unarmed Alliance supporter.
>
>Thank God the man has only few hours to go. Gambians MUST REPUDIATE Yaya
>because the vermin has NOTHING to offer us except misery, murder, mayhem
>and
>destitution. He FAILED the Gambian people.
>KB
>
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