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pasamba
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 Posted - 04 Nov 2011 : 00:02:58
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Fellow Gambians:
As we simultaneously bear witness to the greatest act of political
folly in our nation's history, the urgent question on the collective
consciousness of those yearning for a new direction under a
transitional NADD government must be "what now"?
Specifically, whither NADD, and whither Gambia 2006?
The challenges now confronting NADD's realisation of the ultimate
objective of its political project ? the peaceable removal of Yahya
Jammeh from the presidency - is clearly phenomenal, but no where near
overwhelming. The arrest of Hamat Bah, Omar Jallow (OJ), and Honourable
Halifa Sallah, all members of the entity's executive, offers a key
strategic advantage to NADD. With Yahya Jammeh ostensibly oblivious of
the gathering storm of political discontent in The Gambia, NADD must be
proactive in seizing the momentum created by the arrests, and hold on
to the attendant opportunity in framing the terms of the debate for the
soul of a country adrift in the hazardous seas of uncharted waters.
Having played his entire hand, Yahya's extraordinary lack of
political judgment is quite sobering in the potential gravity of its
consequences. With brute force as his sole remaining option, the end
game has effectively commenced. NADD must pursue the parallel policies
of election 2006, and still assert its natural right to self-defence by
serving notice on Yahya that he misreads the national mood at his
peril.
As a people, are we then at a crossroads?
Not in terms of party choice in respect of the 2006 presidential
race for Gambia?s state house. On that score the direction is obvious.
The future is NADD.
Barring a postponement or cancellation of the presidential poll,
NADD's window of opportunity in naming a flag bearer - and a compelling
one - is narrowing by the day. Into any calculus of selection must be
factored the non-negotiable constants of charisma, intellectual
robustness, passion for the rule of law, and across the board
marketability.
Standing as we are at the edge of the precipice, it is imperative
that the NADD flag bearer possesses the appealability to convince the
Gambian people to abandon their flirtation with dangerous living. And
what penchant we have for precarious existence in our refusal to engage
reality and call time on the brutal tyranny of an untenable
dictatorship. I contend for its untenability in the sense that it will
not endure, but at what cost to human life and dignity before its
inevitable collapse.
There is no necessity to be a participant in Yahya's high councils
to decipher the mentality driving the unworkable strategy against NADD.
The overriding ambition is to postpone the naming of a flag bearer on
the hope that the attendant acrimony will scupper any realistic
prospect of a viable coalition to evict him from his presidential
squat.
In light of the arrests, there is no gainsaying the compelling logic
of naming a flag bearer whose commitment to NADD is unassailable in its
clarity and sincerity. The potential choice must be a selfless servant
of the people with a deep appreciation of the fundamental tenets
underlying the principle of the rule of law. He must be able to
interact with the masses, be they the uneducated, the intellectuals at
all levels, and the accredited diplomatic community to The Gambia. He
must be a respectable and persuasive force at the international level,
our pre-eminent face and ambassador to the world community, and one
particularly able to grasp the esoteric nuances of global diplomacy. He
must in no small measure demonstrate a personal integrity capable of
weathering all reasonable scrutiny. The flag bearer must demonstrate a
positive awareness and concern for his legacy.
It is my contention that with stakes so high, NADD's most realistic
option is to select a known quantity on the national stage. Where
better to start than among the executive committee, all of whom are
willing warriors in the struggle to safeguard the true national
security of The Gambia. In light of the transitional nature of NADD,
with a sunset provision for the arrangement to self-destruct after five
years, the flag bearer must be a visionary with the capacity to
coordinate institution building across the constitutional spectrum of
our public life. The person must be capable of strict adherence to all
facets of the transitional arrangement and must willingly relinquish
office without precipitating a damaging and potentially destabilising
power struggle.
In the sense that he is not a traditional politician, and with no
baggage from either the pre- or post-1994 governments, the NADD
executive member clearly suitable for the mantle of 2006 presidential
flag bearer is Honourable Halifa Sallah. With his impeccable and
breathtaking credentials of political maturity and personal integrity,
Halifa embodies the best hopes of a convincing NADD capture of the
presidency in the watershed 2006 contest. His name-recognition makes
him a suitable compromise candidate for the multifaceted variables that
will come into play, and must therefore be factored, into the dynamics
of selecting a flag bearer.
Clearly irrelevant on strict equal opportunity principles, ethnic
background will nevertheless inevitably exercise the minds of several
reasonable people. Those fears - unreasonable in the main - must
nevertheless be recognised, frontally addressed, and allayed. On this
critical front, Halifa is the only national figure capable of
commanding across-the-board electoral endorsement capable of sealing
the fate of tyranny in the Gambia.
Over the years, his tireless charting of a vision of political
dispensation anchored in the mores of social justice and the rule of
law endeared him to Gambians in all walks of life. He is the
unquestionable doyen of the political opposition, an embodiment of the
spirit and aspiration of the unstoppable forces coalescing for
inevitable change in Gambia?s political direction. He will be a lethal
choice!
In opposition two decades ago, and still in opposition today, Halifa
rejected salivating offers of positions in public life, on the
admirable grounds that he could not partake in the illegitimate
exercise of public power, especially when the full features of that
power are on permanent brutal display for all to witness. Himself a
visionary of the highest order, Halifa?s foresight, complemented and
energised by the intellectual capital of our country, will enable the
flowering of a political renaissance to dwarf the soaring heights of
human possibilities as envisaged and articulated by the high priests of
the humanistic tradition.
By ?intellectual? I refer to those men and women endowed with the
common sense to call tyranny by its name, not the certificated buffoons
choking the air out of our national life. And there are plenty of those
charlatans assiduously competing to out-excel each other in researching
and implementing the cutting edge trends in The Gambia?s dastard and
booming sycophantic industry.
Even as he languishes in unlawful custody, NADD must seize the
strategic advantage and name Halifa its candidate for president. Any
show of indecisiveness will play into the hands of the dictatorship.
The calculated gamble of unlawful arrest and detention as a pre-emption
strategy against naming a NADD flag bearer must explode on the face of
tyranny. On even the most charitable interpretation, there is no
question that this latest escapade represents the height of political
desperation, not to mention absolute paucity in strategic judgment.
Jammeh?s analysis and conclusions about the general corruption, and
corruptibility, of the Gambia character must be comprehensively
rejected as unfounded.
As to the fabricated charges preferred against the arrested leaders,
there should be no cause for alarm. I am convinced that events outside
the control of the courts will render the judicial process moot. In any
case, all charges with diplomatic dimensions will not proceed. It
should be reassuring to concerned Gambians that our courts have no
competence to request, much less to compel evidence from a sovereign
country. On that scenario, even the most partisan jurist must succumb
to reality and dismiss the fabricated charges. Although the entire case
will collapse under its overwhelming dead weight, it is nevertheless a
perversion of the rule of law, and the doctrinal independence of the
Judiciary, to assign any of these cases to an ardent partisan such as
Justice Paul.
I now formally call on Ousainou Darboe, Lamin Waa Juwara, OJ, Hamat
Bah, and Sidia Sanyang, to demonstrate the assumed courage of their
democratic convictions, and entrust the mantle of flag bearer to
Halifa. They should find assurance in the theory advanced by several
commentators, and endorsed by those who cared to examine the broad
vistas of history, that a nation?s gratitude is not necessarily the
preserve of those exercising public power. Most are mere footnotes,
and the majority never even make it that far. If you are able to help
liberate us from a tyranny that is threatening to rip the very fabric
of our nation, your places in The Gambia?s annals of political
liberation will be assured.
I recommend Halifa for NADD flag bearer of Gambia 2006
Let us embrace Halifa for the first President of the Third Republic.
The opportunities will never be any brighter.
LJDarbo
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shaka
996 Posts |
Posted - 04 Nov 2011 : 02:38:50
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Pa Samba, BUL WAAX DARA, this fraudulent excuse of a human being will be exposed with time. This NYINX(i mean why would a man carry those ears of a seewer rat on his head in this day and age. Has he not considered plastic surgery for ear augmentation? ) has the audacity to insult decent citizens of this country who had sacrificed their lives for the freedom and emancipation of the Gambian people from tyranny for so long. By god, it seems the uglier they are, the uglier their intentions. Is this not the same man who ruthlessly lobbied to be hired by the evil regime by glorifying the AFPRC soldiers and and heaping the dung heap on the name of BB Darboe and calling for his head on the guilotine just to get the attention of Jammeh and his marauding killers. This was while soldiers were executed in the most savage murders and dumped in pit latrines, Koro Ceesay murdered and his remains barbecued, and Gambians in all shapes and kind murdered, terrorized, brutalized and abused. This same man who worked for, enabled, abbetted and aided the evil murderers for many years as they wreaked carnage on the Gambian people. It is only after Jammeh has polished his steel-toe capped boots and gave his debauched fat arse a mighty kicking, as he does the 'miseducated' class after using them for a few years and then dumping them. Now this is how he pays back after we forgive, detraumatised and rehabilitated him in our midst - by abusing our TERANGA and insulting our decent folks. We have made our TERANGA too cheap by accomodation these treacherous scumbags without holding them to accounting for their past association with the Dictatorship as enablers, facilitators, abbetters and partners-in-crime.
Now coming back to the above eulogy of Halifa, i don't think even his staunchest supporters would have gone this far. This is simply out of this world! For a man who is now claiming that "NADD as designed by Halifa Sallah" was calculated to devalue the electoral supremacy of the UDP, this eulogy exposed a very sick MIND indeed. HAM NGA DOFF DAFA BARI FASONG. Chei Yalla!!! |
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