I wish to first of all congratulate the ACE Campaign Manager, Femi Peters.
He is doing a tremendous job in his quest to elect PRESIDENT DARBOE. Come
October 19, 2001, Mr. Peters’ hard work would have paid tremendous
dividends. I was particularly glad about the way Mr. Peters and his able
campaign staff handled the APRC and the Deputy Inspector General of Police
in their disinformation campaign about the source of the violence on the
campaign trail. Mr. Peters clearly made the DIG of Police to swallow the
garbage he was trying to peddle saying that the Alliance supporters were
responsible for the violence in the country.

Of course that is a blatant LIE. And Mr. Peters helped put the record
straight. To this day there are NO reports that thugs attempted to torch the
premises of APRC stalwarts like they attempted to torch Shygle Nyassi’s and
Waa Juwara’a house. No Gambian politician has gone to an Opposition
stronghold and have them driven out of the place by unruly thugs, like the
Jolas in Foni are doing to Opposition politicians. I respectfully urge Mr.
Peters to address this matter with the IEC too. If the Jolas in Foni do NOT
want to attend Opposition rallies, let them stay in their huts. They do NOT
have to come out and throw stones at people. These people do NOT want to
hear truth above their native son (Yaya). The truth of the matter is that
their native son hijacked our country and ordered the slaughter of our
children. Gambians do NOT hold Jolas responsible for Yaya’s despicable
behavior. Jolas in Foni should NOT therefore take ownership of those
despicable behavior and NOT extend their hands to other Gambians. Why should
real Gambians be deprived the right to hold political rallies in Foni where
most people are from Casamance and are NOT real Gambians? The IEC need to
address this issue and ensure that the bad apples in Foni that are promoting
this thuggery should be put behind bars. It is wrong for the police to go to
Foni and escort Gambian politicians out of villages. The police should be
arresting the thugs that are depriving Gambian politicians of their
democratic and constitutional rights. I hope Mr. Peters addresses this issue
with the IEC with a matter of urgency. ALL those thugs in Foni ambushing
politicians should be put behind bars. The IEC and the police should do
their job. Just recently we got reports that Senegalese soldiers were
seizing Gambian voters’ cards from Senegalese Jolas in the border with
Casamance. This job should have been done by the IEC and the Gambian police.
We have very good people in Foni. They MUST NOT let a few bad apples led by
APRC thugs and former soldiers taint their character.

As a matter of urgency, the Alliance Campaign team should also ask Gabriel
Roberts to revisit the issue of the counting centers. Gabriel Roberts’
so-called UNILATERAL DECISION about 20 or so counting centers is
unacceptable. The man CANNOT guarantee us that the votes will be safely
transported. The Opposition should DEMAND counting-on-the-spot.

As Mr. Peters knows better than I do, Yaya is FINISHED. The Alliance has won
on the ISSUES. I just saw on Gambian newspapers that there are still people
in the country that have NOT sold their groundnuts from last season. Those
people do NOT include the people that are clinging on to worthless
promissory notes. These notes came after we challenged Yaya stooges here on
G_L and they (APRC government and supporters) promised people that there
will be ‘no credit buying’. We knew then and we know now that the vermin
were LYING. All they do is make EMPTY PROMISES. This is just touching on one
issue. Forget the hospitals without medicine. Forget the schools without
teachers and supplies. Forget the millions of dollars Yaya stole from us.

Clearly, Yaya CANNOT win the elections if he does not steal it. Remember the
vermin indemnified the trigger-happy thugs that massacred our children. Yaya
has no intention whatsoever of ensuring that justice is done in that case
and numerous other human rights violations in the country. Now that PPP
folks have shown the public that Yaya’s so-called projects were stolen from
the old regime, the vermin are butt naked. They have NOTHING to show.
Commonsense tells us that someone who in 1994 could NOT even be elected as a
High School class president, will NOT be elected to the highest office in
the land seven years down the line after he ordered the MASSACRE of our
children. In 1996 he succeeded to steal the election by among other things
banning politicians that could cause havoc to him. In 1996, he also did NOT
have a record to run on and it was easy to make FALSE and EMPTY promises and
get away with it. 2001 is NOT 1994. Now Yaya has a record and politicians
like OJ are on the campaign trail. Yaya is FINISHED. All the Opposition need
to do now is to ensure that Gabriel Roberts does NOT help Yaya steal the
election. I hope the same vigilance Mr. Peters has shown to the DIG of
Police and Gabriel Roberts (in the past) will be replicated during the next
few days. Foni MUST be opened to ALL Gambian politicians. The counting
centers have to be increased. The Alliance should be present when results
are faxed to Gabriel Roberts at the IEC headquarters. I again commend Femi
Peters for the tremendous job he is doing. Rather than making silly and
goofy predictions, the man has his eye on the ball. ELECT PRESIDENT DARBOE.
KB


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