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Lessons from the Gen. Tamba trial
Friday, 20 August 2010 08:47
By Yusupha ChamNow that the dust has settled down in the courts after the sentencing of General Tamba and Co, it is now time to reflect on the lessons to be learnt from the case. For me the whole exercise is nothing but a ploy to eradicate perceived threats at all cost, even where they did not exist. Anyone who knows Gen. Tamba would agree that the man - though not a saint, was happy with his status, money, respect, women and affluence and I want to believe that Tamba had no interest in changing that for anything even the presidency.
He was however naive to think that President Yahya Jammeh understood his feelings and would keep him there until they both quit together. He failed to realise that his very nature- human face and popularity among the common people are the very things that Yahya Jammeh feel insecure about. Remember Baba Jobe, Lang Conteh, Aboulie Kujabi and Sana Sabaly? President Jammeh is irreparably jealous and does not want anybody to be talked about in any good light at all. To him only he deserves praises and affluence. Anyone who gains respect, fame or affluence by accident or design is a threat to Yahya Jammeh and Gen. Lang Tombong was the latest victim, Period.
The lessons other members of our security forces should take from this episode is to destroy the man before he destroys you. Yahya Jammeh has killed, maimed, broken hearts, limbs and destroyed careers and will continue to do so unless he meets his match. Since he said he is a soldier forever who is armed to the teeth, then only the soldiers can match him and end this senseless annihilation of a whole country by one man alone. How long are we Gambians going to look on while a single man destroy every family? Are we just going to be like animals who has power but does not realise it and so even a small boy can lead them to work?.
This is not a call to arms but a sensible positive action that would send the right signal to Yahya Jammeh that , no one has monopoly over violence. Am pretty sure that once Jammeh sees real resistance to his murderous reign he would be the first one to flee for his life. All his actions, mainly lousy threats and paranoid tirades go to confirm that he is a certified coward who would not stand the first sign of commotion. It is therefore absolutely necessary for Gambians in general, soldiers police and civilians to join hands and march on to rescue our nation from this despicable monster before it is too late. Everyone desires democratic peaceful change, but Jammeh himself had just recently said that this is not possible, as 'No election can remove him,'' to use his own rotten language.
Therefore he has set the stage of the peoples' power revolution to chase him from his stolen crown. The coward cannot win a free and fair election because people do not lone him they just fear him. So he would do everything possible to rig the elections even before they are held. The choice is ours. Ramadan Mubarak
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Do u know that even Chongan claimed in his book that Jammeh single-handedly stop a truck load of soldiers 2 times on denton bridge. He does not like Jammeh, but still recognises his bravery. So we give credit when it is due
Batch, Bajaw & Domou sine are different. I recall a batch jallow, an NIA informant, used to live in Pirang whom I came to know in 1991. If you were the one then your ‘job’ tells to people who you are & hence your stances. My question is; what change is currently necessary & urgent in Gambia than rule of law & transparency for fair management of our affairs of state for communal cohesion & poverty reduction? No wonder you also believe the rigged-sham-elections to perpetuate treachery under the Kanilai murder are genuine. Tell me in your sincerity, what benefits, income/otherwise, worth more to anyone including yourself, to aid & abet turmoil which we are heading to, under yaya jammeh? You are right in the ballot solution BUT all options are on table to avert catastrophe in our home land.
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Did you just call me intellectually dishonest? My lawyers are looking into the possibility of a lawsuit... Yes! Am gonna to be rich!
Anyway,jokes aside,Pa-Pierre i think Jawara's regime was one of the most corrupt and economically stagnated regimes in Africa at the time.One thing i must admit i like about Jammeh to this day,is his attitude that nothing is impossible where development is concerned.I like his CAN DO attitude; my problem is that equal efforts should be devoted to the sphere of Good Governance and that is not being done!
That was why i said that Jammeh is missing an opportunity take his place in Gambian history as one of our best post-independence presidents.With 16 years at the helm,it is getting rather late and immediate and drastic changes are called for NOW!
You are calling me "new clone Batch" but i am not really new.What rights of freedom of expression or association do you have that i don't have?.I am a Gambian by birth and have all rights to support or oppose any one.If you really want to know who i am,you must display your real name.I was in Pirang in the late 90s working for Co-operative,but i am not really from Pirang.
The topic is not about me,you or Jammeh.It is about how they can bring change in The Gambia.We need no change at this time because the majority of Gambians have repeatedly expressed their voices during the last elections and no other force can change that.We don't appreciate hatred comments that will create more anemies for either side.There are people in the Gambia who are practicing their political rigths 24/7 and no one interferes with their decisions.It is way easier to remove Jammeh through the ballot than the gun.
do not get me wrong. I have n will always question the whereabouts of Chief Manneh, deaths of Koro n Hydara. These acts are not only wrong, but even Jammeh will agree with me that they are cruel n inhuman. I am realistic n honest, Mbenga. I will not engage in intellectual dishonesty like Joe n others. I call a spade a apade.
However, the above acts of cruelity will not make me bury my head in the mud. It is not the end of the road. We can express our outrage n still be realistic n move ahead. Some day we will get to the truth. But 4 now, am forward looking n supporting renewed n sustained efforts by the regime to prevent a re-occurrance in the future. If 30 years of power was spend building a single highschool, this would never happen. 30 years must be brought to the mix if we honestly want to talk about where we are today.
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