KB:

Jawara's really the COME BACK KID in Gambian politics today. There is no
doubt that his physical presence in the country will not only energize the
Opposition supporters, but will also enable them to come out in the open to
voice their prolong frustrations and nightmare. Our people have gone through
endless horrendous ordeals, which shattered their lives and lives of their
loved ones. As you have said, Jawara's return should be marked in history
books, for a former president returning to rescue his beloved country from
the brink of total destruction and turmoil is really a come back kid. A
political leader who had strived and fought so hard to enable his country to
gain independence, for seven solid years in exile watched vermin took upon
themselves and stole power from him and have destroyed all the things we
rightly value as a nation, for that Political Leader to return home with
heroes welcome will be an absolute VINDICATION and a pleasant HONOR for that
leader. The Oppositions should collectively, in the form of a COALITION,
energize supporters and provide transportation to and from the National
Airport to welcome the COME BACK KID. Private Radio Stations should cover
the welcoming live, so that Gambians all over the country will be informed
that their saviors(a collective Oppositions/Coalition) are the ones sending
them strong message and encouragement that HELP, a badly needed help is on
the way, and is approaching their door-steps with an unstoppable force. In
this way, the Morons and his cohorts will now know that their days are
completely over, and it time for them to lay their arms to answer JUSTICE.
EVERY LONGEST DAY HAS A NIGHT, and that NIGHT is what is dawning on the
Moron and his cohorts.

ANSUMANA


>From: Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Jawara --- Come-back Kid?
>Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 09:41:50 -0400
>
>News from the BBC that Jawara might go to Gambia in time for the October
>Election, is a welcomed one. Here is a chance for the man to vindicate
>himself. Power was unlawfully usurped from him by a bunch of bandits seven
>years ago. These low-lives should NOT prevent him from going back to the
>country he worked for for the better part of his productive life. There are
>still many people in the country that love the ex-president. Those people
>should come together with the current Opposition and give the elder
>statesman a hero’s welcome.
>
>These bandits currently running our country have nothing over Jawara.
>According to the White Paper that was supposed to impose a ban on Jawara’s
>political activities, the only corruption this government is accusing
>Jawara
>of, is the transfer of Jawara’s life savings from the then Meridien Bank
>after the president left the country. Nothing was said about crude oil or
>other corrupt activities these bandits were talking about in order to
>justify hijacking our country.
>
>The Opposition on the ground should set up a tight security apparatus for
>the former president. The international community should be lobbied to hold
>Yaya responsible for the safety and welfare of Jawara if he decides to
>return to the country. If anything happens to him, Yaya should pay with his
>own life. I am confident that nothing will happen to Jawara, just like
>nothing happened to other Decree 89 politicians. The cowards now know that
>they will be held accountable for their actions. It has began to dawn on
>them that this party is over. Pretty soon, they will be hoist in courts to
>account for their crimes. They know that.
>
>I respectfully counsel the current Opposition leaders to engage OJ and
>other
>PPP members in the country and encourage them to convince Jawara to come
>back home and return to political life. The Opposition can work with the
>PPP
>militants and the diplomats in the country to ensure Jawara’s safety. Once
>he is in the country, the Opposition should provide him with a stellar
>security detail and encourage him to tour the country and campaign for the
>presidential candidate the current Opposition is going to field in the
>coming election. Who best to defend the PPP record and discredit these APRC
>bandits than Jawara himself? Jawara owe it to the Gambian people to explain
>how well his government was doing before these bandits stepped in to render
>the country backward and end up making the Gambian people poorer than they
>were seven years ago. Jawara should explain what he would have done if he
>was the president the last seven years with millions of dollars of debt and
>aid money coming into the country. In short, Jawara should tackle APRC if
>they want to run on the PPP record, while the current Opposition focus on
>their plan for the country and Yaya’s mishandling of the country the past
>seven years.
>
>History will treat Jawara kindly if he returns to the country and
>selflessly
>helps to get rid of Yaya. But his return should be premised on an adequate
>security apparatus to be put in place by an Opposition Alliance. The
>current
>Opposition should field a presidential candidate as soon as possible and
>ask
>for the support of the Decree 89 politicians. One of the promises the next
>president might want to give the Decree 89 politicians is that the age
>limit
>for presidential candidates will be eradicated. With the imposition of term
>limits, we do NOT need this upper age limit. That is one concession that
>might be attractive to the Decree 89 politicians that Yaya CANNOT give
>them.
>There are many more which I trust our leaders on the ground will negotiate
>on as soon as possible in their quest to form an Opposition Alliance
>between
>Decree 89 politicians and the current Opposition.
>
>Finally, I hope the current Opposition sees Jawara’s impending return as a
>positive thing for the Opposition. Let the man come and defend his record
>and vindicate himself. The current Opposition should give him all the
>support he needs in order to help the next presidential candidate defeat
>Yaya.
>KB
>
>
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