NONSENSE On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Pasamba Jow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Reports Suggest Rambo Was Threatened to Defect > > <http://dailynews.gm/africa/gambia/article/reports-suggest-rambo-was-threatened-to-defect#map> > africa <http://dailynews.gm/africa/news> » gambia<http://dailynews.gm/africa/gambia/news> > Monday, January 24, 2011 > The former national youth president of the main opposition-United > Democratic Party, Ousman Jatta alias Rambo hasn’t after all defected to the > ruling APRC party, by his free will, reports have it. > “If you cannot beat the system, then join the system,” as terse a statement > as this was all what he said last week Saturday in Banjul, in what was seen > as announcing a swap of his political leaning. > Detained for 365 days > Born and bred in the coastal town of Bakau, very little was known about > Ousman Rambo Jatta before his arrest and detention in 2006. According to > reports Mr Jatta protested against a suspected misconduct in the > presidential election in 2006. > He was arrested September 23, 2006 and released over a year later – October > 13, 2007. During his one year in detention he wore the same (tattered) > clothes for over five months and his shoes burst up. His release came after > rigorous media campaigns and a subsequent legal battle mounted by his party > leader Lawyer Ousainou Darboe. > Elected national youth president > Currently, Mr Jatta is considered a strong political figure in Bakau. His > victory in 2008 local government elections makes him the only opposition > councilor in The Gambia’s second most populated local administrative region, > KMC, and the only elected opposition politician in the whole of the Greater > Banjul Area. > Last year, he was unanimously endorsed as the party’s national youth > president at the party’s national congress held in the provincial capital of > Jarra Soma, Lower River region. > Flared debate > Rambo’s defection has hit the headlines. It flared jubilation in the ruling > party. “We are very much happy and we welcome Ousman Jatta to APRC. His > defection is an indication that we have already swept the polls, due this > year because he is a very influential person in the UDP,” said Yankuba > Kolley, the ruling party national mobiliser. According to pro-government > Daily Observer newspaper, Rambo really has immense political clout in Bakau, > and has a large following. Many of his supporters are likely to join him in > the APRC.” > However, according to UDP party leader in the Point of last week Monday, > Ousainou Darboe, it is absolutely incorrect to state that his defection will > shake UDP. “Rambo is being described as a strongman, but the question is who > made him strong? It was the electorate and the UDP party that gave him the > political clout that he has,” Darboe said. > This was buttressed by Rambo’s elder brother Dudu Kasa Jaata who is the > head of the Jaata Kunda family of Bakau. “We remain loyal to UDP,” Kasa > said. And the slogan some of the youths are using in Bakau in reaction to > Rambo’s defection is “stagnant,” meaning they remain UDP. > Rambo denies threats > Amid the debate, Rambo himself is yet to explain the reason for his sudden > move. He has neither met with his former party executives nor has he > tendered his resignation, The Daily News can confirm. > Reports have it that Rambo was threatened to switch allegiance to the > ruling party, but it is unclear what sort of threat. > “That is not a fact,” again another terse remark Rambo gave to The Daily > News Saturday. He would not comment further but promises to call a press > briefing. His wife, too, would not comment. None of the family members want > to share with the public what Rambo told them. However an old woman, whose > name we could not confirm hinted: “These people (certainly APRC) have been > hounding him.” She refused to comment further after realizing that he was > talking to a journalist. > Author: *Saikou Jammeh* > > > "True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of > justice." 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