Great piece Mr. Drammeh. The article resonated very well with what we have fought for all these years and the failure of this leadership to set the bar high by encouraging system change and institutional overhaul. Now that Jammeh has been vanquished, the bar is being lowered once again to cater for self perpetuating rule and personality cults. This is rather unfortunate but it does seems as though, our fight against Jammeh was just about regime change but not system change. Now that victory has been achieved in changing Jammeh's kleptocracy and authoritarian regime, its business as usual for our present leadership to degenerate back to our ugly past. To date, no assets have been declared, The Gambia still remains the most expensive destination in Africa to place a phone call, one wonders who is cashing in, yet to date, the new leadership hasn't still ameliorated or even mentioned why it cost Gambians more to make phone calls and internet services, no VP to date which has never happened in the history of our country, yet despite our cries and complains, the leadership is mute as we do not even matter and like you rightly stated, Ousainou is seen celebrating his party's victory by reverting back to Jammeh's play book of a personal fiefdom. The Gambia has a long way to go and seemingly, there is nothing new under the sky. A leadership that wouldn't listen to its people is soon bound to degenerate to a dictatorship. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 22, 2017, at 11:35 AM, Muhammed Drammeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > We voted for system change. We did not vote for Regime change only. We did not got rid of Yahya Jammeh to get his copy. We will not settle for less as we have decided to vote for hope over fear. We voted on the basis of a manifesto commitment and it will break our hearts if those promises are broken. > 100 days, my honourable aunt cannot still be VP. This is uncalled for. No body can represent the President except the VP. We complained about Jammeh's misrule and yet we are starting on a very poor footing. We campaigned against witch hunt and revenge and yet we are seeing some form early stages of witch hunt and revenge. > We voted to demystify power and replace Mansa Kunda with Dokula Kunda but yet we have the flamboyant lifestyles being displayed when hospitals are lacking basic needs. > We voted for fiscal discipline yet we have seen an enormous amount of money spent on Kairaba Hotel. We voted for fiscal discipline and yet we have seen huge sums of money spent on national celebrations. > We voted for accountability and transparency and that did not stop Minister Mai Fatty from rushing a bill without following the constitutional requirements. > We fought hard for our God given rights and they are part of us and we do not owe an obligation to any one in our exercise of these rights. > We voted for an end to self perpetuating rule and yet we all saw the song by Ousainou Numukunda Darboe. We voted to end self perpetuating rule and yet we are seeing Ousainou Numukunda Darboe threatening to take legal action if H E Barrow fulfills his promise of three years. > Are we ready to believe in the hope we voted for or was it just a way trying to treat the Gambian electorates in a deliberate condescending manner and make them realise that they are fools? > H E Barrow has a chance to make history and he could chart his destiny towards the likes of Honourable Halifa Sallah, Kwame Nkrumah, Patrice Lumumba, Nelson Mandela, Cabral, and the many greats or towards the path of Yahya Jammeh, Gadafi, Hitler and the many worst? The choice is his alone. > > Muhammad Bai Drammeh > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤