That was a topic brought up in a conversation with an elderly friend back home. One of my God-fathers! He expressed concern over the drive to have a vote at National Assembly and referendum. I responded that if anyone or both happen the outcome will be positive for Yahya. Whether it will/will not is not much of concern for me. Under current political environment Yahya is already King whether that title is added to his name or not he works as king. He would probably not do it - because that will be in the face with the international community. This is a guess on my part. He's so consumed with power he might after all do it. I wish he did because it may also motivate us to charge him up. The key questions are: 1) who has authority to sanction National Assembly/referendum? Not the constitution or subsequent amendments because the constitution didn't create Democratic Republic of Gambia but simply recognized it. 2) what would be the added value for a change from republic to kingdom? 3) Who has authority to approve such a bill into law? 4) When shall we find it necessary to end these madnesses by start doing the right work to claim a constitutional institutional democratic republic. Or should we continue talking about it? 20 years ago Yahya was telling PPP that no one person should reside over a nation for so long. Today he wanted it not only for life but also a birth right for his children/family. This brought me to my concern that if our struggle want to ride on the back of individuals/groups - we may never succeed but even if we do the probability of such person becoming a king is very high. Is Yahya standing out supreme among those who execute the coup not a bright example. It has lot to do with our culture as to how we perceive/ relate leaders. I believed growing an organic people centered movement for a sweeping overhaul and democratic reorientation. Only time will tell how they thought they can legally change us from a republic to kingdom, theology or what have you. Keep Us, Great God of Nations, To The Gambia Ever True. Burama ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤