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Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:41:46 -0500
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Subject: I give you Hon. Mai Fatty of The Gambia Moral Congress Party on the Commonwealth idiots. Haruna.
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I share Hon. Fatty's sentiments and assessment of the Commonwealth representative and preliminary report on the Nov. 24th, 2011 Presidential Election in Gambia. Haruna.

GMC REACTION TO THE COMMONWEALTH REPORT


All Gambians saw the Head of the Commonwealth Election Observer Mission at State House, his comportment,
demeanour and use of language. It was very theatrical.  It is curious that a man who jetted into the country on the 18th
November 2011, and five days later, could place himself in the position of an indisputable expert on Gambian politics,
speaking with authority on the governance situation in our country. Any mentally sane person would conclude that it is
practically impossible to comprehensively evaluate The Gambian electoral process and give it a pass after a brief visit of
just few days stay in the country, without even talking to major stakeholders. That was precisely what Mr. Bola Akinyemi
did. He For instance, he did not meet with or speak to any Executive Member of GMC, and I understand that we are not
the only political Party unique in this regard. Instead, in compiling his Report, he was busy consulting members of the
APRC. No wonder, Gambians do not take him seriously. His manner of theatrical performance on national television
revealed tones of evidence.

Mr. Bola Akiyemi has conclusively discredited himself as an impartial observer and seriously stained the image and
integrity of the Commonwealth. His assertions are baseless, his premises fatally flawed and his conclusions were
exceedingly erroneous. His unusually demonstrable enthusiasm in trying to placate and endear himself to Gambian
authorities on national television in my view is very despicable.  The conclusion of the Report is not credible because it
ignored the challenges concerning the process itself as contained in the Commonwealth pre-election Report in the
possession of Mr. Akeyemi; it is as bogus and fraudulent as the results of the very elections he validated and we reject it
outright.

As genuine Gambian electorates bid him good riddance, we join our citizens in expressing our abhorrence of his illogical
assumptions and presumptuous flair of expertise or knowledge when in reality he has no clue as to the situation and
circumstances in which he was attempting to swim. The Gambian people know the truth, so do the authorities he was
strenuously trying to please and appease. No wonder, many African countries are plunged into post election political
crises with this type of pseudo-analysts parading around and about. No genuine Observer will ignore the impact of
governance on the process, and the fact that people like me are vulnerable to all forms of legal plots with a view to get
us wrongly convicted by hook or crook on account of our political inclinations, or the drastic conditions the press had to
endure, etc. How can you validate the results of a fatally flawed process as accurate by ignoring the process itself that
determines the results? We shall take this issue at the highest level of the Commonwealth so that they immediately and
thoroughly investigate into what might have transpired during his five days stay in The Gambia.


MAI AHMAD FATTY

Dated the 27th November, 2011.

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