My dear Matarr,
Before making my comments on Dr Saine's Position Paper, I have read and
reread it umpteen times and after a diligent and objective study, I came to
the conclusion that this is really an effort worth following to save our
beloved country from the devastation that it is been led to. I do not
attempt to coerce anybody to accept it. We are all free to choose but
denouncing a proposal without giving a constructive alternative is merely
condoning the wrongs the proposal is meant to amend.
You wrote, ". when such a move is motivated by the selfish ends, as in the
case of Saine's initiatives.",  I beg to disagree.  I do not perceive any
"selfish end" on the part of the author. I am quite aware of the fact that
there are Gambians, like you, whose preference is more for Jammeh than for
the nation. This is not a question of choosing between Jammeh and Jawara,
(remember! the latter is the creator of the former,) but an undying search
for a peaceful and reconciliatory solution to prevent the Gambia from going
the ways of Liberia or Sierra Leone.   I find it somewhat incomprehensible
for a "Staunch supporter of Jawara"  as some of your kind call Dr Saine, to
embark on such a task.
You wrote, ".people have a right and an obligation to question the move." I
agree with you 100%. For I am great believer in the scholarly words of
Frantz Fanon that: 'side by side with normal people who behave naturally in
accordance with human psychology, there are others who behave pathologically
in accordance with inhuman psychology'. My main contention is the blindness
with which some of you question what you call "Dr Saine's initiatives".
You wrote, "We have AMPLE EVIDENCE TO TELL YOU WHY THIS IS OUR POSITION, AND
WE WILL LET THE CAT OUT IN TIME."
Well, I have no other option but to wait for THE CAT and THE TIME.

Prince Coker

PS
Please note that I sent a copy this message to some of your friends who are
glutting my INBOX with their rubbish.

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