Gambia-L Community,

I have couple of questions to as Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara and his entourage
should I make it over there (Miami) and if for some reason I could not go
there physically, my spirit would love to know his answers to the two
questions below and I also have a personal comment to recap the text the
inquiry.

Sir, I thank you and your humble entourage for accepting the invitation (Dr.
Saine's) to meet Gambians in the USA in particular and the people of the
World in general and indeed for being so kind to succumb also to delivering a
lecture on "Democracy" at Oxford University, Miami in the United States.

My questions read as follows:-

1.  Sir, don't you think that your erstwhile Govenment was both too
complacent with its achievements and the submissive nature of Gambians that
led to it being flushed out of power undemocratically (I hasten to add
UNDEMOCRATICALLY for the records) in broad daylight by young Army Officers of
the Gambia National Army at the time without any noticeable resistance
neither from the other Forces nor the masses, if any at all?

2.  And if so, don't you further believe that this has lent considerable
credit and some degree of justification to the defunct AFPRC regime's
accusations of rampant corruption, mal-administration and nepotism among
other alleged crimes labelled against you and your cohorts, prevalent
unchecked and literally acceptance if not practically as the order of the day?

Finally Sir,  (I used Sir repeatedly because once a Sir, always a Sir, let us
give the devil his due even though, Sir DKJawara may not be a devil himself)
these assumptions and/or deductions of mine are based on the premises that
most political pundits including yourself, argued that or were of the
believe/opinion that at the time, this situation could have been thwarted or
averted especially, with the presence then of the American Military on the
Banjul Wharf or thereabout, since the US is seen as the bacon of hope for the
maintenance of true and seemingly fair democracy the World over.  And indeed,
if you had heeded the writings on The Gambian walls assuming that the coup
had not taken place and put your house in order.  As the cliche has it that
stitch in time saves nine (one of my favourite dictums).  Unfortunately, now
it is too late in the day to save face, for rough as the sea may turn to be,
we are ready to weather the rough storm until we go through it rather that
revert to the decadent rule of the PPP Government.

As if this is not enough, I say good luck in your endeavours.

God bless the World,

OB.

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