I respectfully urge the rest of the Opposition not to read too much into the
decision by certain APRC rubber stamps in parliament to abstain from voting
for the Indemnity Decree. I think it is a mistake to credit these
opportunists by saying that their abstention was a show of independence from
Yaya. These parliamentarians are firmly in Yaya's grip. Is it not the same
parliamentarians that refused to investigate Yaya for his involvement in the
'Crude Oil' scandal? Is it not the same parliamentarians that refused to
pass legislation so that Local Government elections can be held?

We should look into these parliamentarians' real motives before we give them
credit they do not deserve. Are they really opposed to the Decree? What did
they contribute to the debate in parliament? Did they openly denounce the
passing of this repugnant law? Is there condemnation of this Decree
consistent with other things they did in the past? If someone opposes this
Decree and does not call for justice against the perpetrators of the April
Massacre, then that person is a hypocrite. If you do not want to condone
impunity, you should be consistent with the application of the rule of law.
How can we trust these people and give them credit when they will not allow
Yaya to be investigated in the 'Crude Oil' scandal, but would now stand up
and pretend that they are all for the rule of law?

They are all phonies. What is more likely is that APRC wants to have its
cake and eat it. They know this is a repugnant and unpopular law. What did
they do? They asked enough MPs to vote for the passing of the Decree and
tell vulnerable MPs (come January 2002) to abstain. Think about it. Why
should vulnerable MPs vote for a repugnant law that can cost them their
seats when they already have enough votes to carry the day?

The passing of this Decree should be looked at as an APRC thing. We should
not compartmentalize the APRC MPs that voted for it from those that
abstained. They are all guilty and none deserve to be sent back to
parliament. The PARTY is the culprit here; not individual MPs. They deserve
no praise from us. We will be helping them in their end game if we
distinguish them because of this vote (non-vote) alone. That is what they
want. Have their cake and eat it at the same time. They have the law they
wanted and their vulnerable MPs are heralded as heroes for abstaining from
the voting. Not so fast. As far as I am concerned, they are all on the same
boat. The abstention of those opportunistic MPs did not defeat the Bill. Why
did those MPs not convince the rest of the party machinery to abandon the
legislation and not even present it in parliament?

This is a bogus and a sinister ploy from the APRC. We must not fall for it.
None of these APRC MPs is independent from Yaya. You think a party will
willingly nominate a child murderer as their presidential candidate? What
has Yaya got to offer to the party? The mental midget did not even finish
school in Gambia. He has no ideas. He is the most corrupt person in the
country. Yet these people still see him as their leader. I will only commend
these vermin if they see sense and get rid of Yaya as their leader. Short of
that, they have nothing but my contempt. This gimmick of abstaining while
other cohorts pass the Bill into law does not deserve our commendation.
KB

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