Well said. Gambians have had enough and it is begining to show.
Jabou Joh
In a message dated 8/9/03 1:58:51 AM Central Daylight Time,
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> It's a Shame, Mr. President
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> OPINION
> August 8, 2003
> Posted to the web August 8, 2003
>
> Lamin Jatta Abdou Kadir Jatta Babucarr Kannuteh and Babucarr Manneh
> Banjul
>
> Ola Rotima was right in his book, "The Gods are Not to Blame," when he
> wrote, "Is it not ignorance that makes the rat attack the cat."
>
> We are deeply shocked, disappointed and disturbed that the President of this
> great country of ours has chosen to reduce himself so low to the extent of
> assassinating the untainted, charismatic, exemplary and upright character of a
> person in the high calibre of Honourable Halifa Sallah who is widely known
> for his modesty, high education and sincere commitment to nation building.
>
> It now appears crystal clear that the President has lost all his direction
> to his Vision 2020 dream that he used to be too much obsessed with. Now he is
> resorting to the habit of character assassination. It is a very bad habit
> that should not have to do with the presidency. In the eve of the last
> parliamentary election the president did the same thing.
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> He woefully failed to achieve his misguided objective. The fruitlessness it
> yielded him in the parliamentary election should have thought him that
> character assassination has no place in the decent Gambian culture especially in
> politics, which he (the president) purportedly despises.
>
> Today, he is part of the colony of political animals in this country
> although he is not doing very well. He failed to learn his lessons from the
> parliamentary election. We are assuring him that the event of the parliamentary
> elections in Serrekunda Central would be replicated in the next presidential
> elections across the country which would ultimately unseat his backward looking
> aristocratic regime. You and your sycophants are aware of this, you perceived
> to be an eminent danger and thus your actions.
>
> Mr. President by launching a direct personal attack on the leadership of the
> Peoples' Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism, PDOIS, you
> are in essence, directly attacking the Gambian youth who once held you in
> high esteem. PDOIS is the only icon of hope and knowledge for us the Gambian
> youths. Mr. President you appeared to be ungrateful but you did actually
> benefited from the magnanimity of these great individuals in your school days. PDOIS
> is the party that enlightened the Gambian youth and accounted for why we do
> not have a monarchy in the Gambia. It is PDOIS who have the courage to remind
> Gambians what you really are; that you are not a king but a mere public
> servant who is answerable to all Gambians. The conflict between you on the one
> hand, and PDOIS and the Gambian youths on the other hand is a source of
> considerable stress for you thus making you to vent out your anger on the leadership
> of PDOIS. Whatever your frustration leads you to do Mr.
>
> President, come rain or shine you should begin to reckon with the fact that
> your days are numbered; because we the Gambian youth would see you out of
> office in the 2006 presidential election and put in place a system that is
> composed of highly educated people. The job of running a country is not for every
> "Tom Dick and Harry."
>
> Mr. President, the unprecedented, unbearable and worsening suffering of
> innocent Gambians thanks to your bad management of the economy is a clear
> indication that your regime is bankrupt of ideas, which is a strong indication that
> Vision 2020 is already a fiasco. This unfortunate situation has virtually
> left you with no agenda but to soil the righteous image of Honourable Halifa
> Sallah. You told Gambians untruths and fabricated an incredible story that
> Sallah did not bag any degree in his field as if you have acquired one yourself.
> Your intention is actually to shift the attention of Gambians from their
> terrible suffering due to your disastrous economic performance.
>
> You promised that you were going to be soldiers with a different but the sad
> situation in the Gambia today speaks for itself on how you measure to some
> of your colleagues in other parts of the world.
>
> You and your cohorts drive in the most expensive and luxurious cars and even
> change them frequently like you change shirts and forget that nine years ago
> you severely criticised the regime you overthrew over its use of pajeros and
> Mercedes Benzes.
>
> You send your wife to deliver in the United States and forget that nine
> years ago you claimed that the Jawara regime you had overthrew had done so
> because Jawara and his regime used state funds to send their relatives for
> treatment abroad. This happened against the backdrop of acute and worsening poverty
> for Gambians who grapple with the burden of accounting for the fuel to run
> ambulances at public health centres to ferry the sick to major hospitals. If you
> think you have really improved the health facilities in Gambia, why didn't
> you risk it yourself?
>
> You grilled Jawara's PPP regime for killing and torturing the 1981 coup
> plotters while forgetting that you as Commander in Chief of the security forces
> in the country presided over two consecutive days of brutality unleashed on
> Gambian school children. What was more, you indemnified the actual killers with
> your sycophants at the National Assembly who dance to your tune at every
> hour. They glorified the murder of Gambian kids and you assented to it falsely
> thinking that you would evade justice.
>
> Having soiled your hands, Mr. President, you do not stand in any moral high
> ground to criticise an honest politician as Honourable Sallah.
>
> You criticised the PPP regime for its alleged lack of transparency,
> accountability and its encouragement of endemic corruption. Today, the abuse of these
> terms are more synonymous with your government than the Jawara government.
> Don't forget that your government was engaged in two oil sagas that have been
> shady.
>
> Finally paying you by you own coin, we declare and believe that the APRC
> initials actually stand for Assassins of People's Reputable Characters.
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