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The Gambia: Yahya Jammeh must Go; Part 2
Monday, 07 March 2011 05:04
By Mathew K JallowIt is inarguably the most traumatizing day of our history. In one brief moment when time still seem to stand still; sixteen young lives were senselessly cut short by the act of a deranged murderer. It was a day that has remained burnt into our consciousness, a day that The Gambia lost its innocence. April 11, 2000 has come to be known as the day of rage, whose aftermath has left Gambians deeply scared by the madness and the brutality with which such young and innocent lives were massacred. Today, the young blood they spilt on the streets of Kanifing has become the sacrifice
they gave for the cause of freeing our beloved motherland from the grip of Yahya Jammeh’s tyranny. After sixteen long years, and three terms as a brutal and incompetent murderer, Gambians deserve a change of regime, so we can once again join the civilized world of nations. This year, the world of politics was stunned by the cascade of near simultaneous revolts across North Africa and the Middle-East; revolts that sought to topple decades of absolute dictatorships, and the successes of the people fighting for liberty and justice, is almost miraculous. As we watch progress across the Maghreb and the Middle-East, we are obliged to ask how long more must we acquiesce to the barbarity of Yahya Jammeh and his looting of our national resources. We are empowered to find solutions to the cancer that is scavenging our country and we have an obligation to do so. No one will deny that we have been afraid for far too long and the time to be unafraid in now. The need to emulate our neighbors to the north cannot be overemphasized; but more importantly, we owe those children massacred by Yahya Jammeh, their families and our country the responsibility to bring a closure to their sad demise. This year March 26th 2011 will take on an importance as the day Gambians demand the reversal of sixteen years of arbitrary on-man rule; and a day on which the public demand their right to drive freely on the streets of our towns and cities in renegation of Yahya Jammeh’s order banning driving between 9.a.m. to 1.p.m. This order is unconstitutional and constitutes an infringement on our constitutional rights. As a result, Gambians particularly at home are urged to exercise their rights to drive during set-setal hours as a matter of civil right of every Gambian. For life does not have to stop because the streets are invaded by participants coerced into participating in the set-setal in order impress Yahya Jammeh and his cabal for the retention of their jobs. All across the globe Gambians are expressing solidarity with our countrymen and women who just demand their civil rights to drive for pleasure or to attend to personal business. A flier is being provided below for downloading, which is a proclamation of negation of Yahya Jammeh’s driving ban on the last Saturday of each month. Gambian groups across the world, who cannot be present on the ground, will issue statements of supports to our compatriots back home. We urge lawyers, journalists, politicians, doctors, civil servants and business men and women to lead this civil disobedience exercise in order to restore Gambian’s right to drive during set-setal hours 9 a.m to 1 p.m the last Saturday of each month. Below is a downloadable flier which is downloadable for distribution across the country by our friends and supporters at the military and by the youth. In addition, for the first time this year, Gambians across the globe will commemorate the April 11 2000 student massacre in memory of all the young lives lost to the insanity of a megalomaniac.Balangbaa, March 26th 2011
Protecting our Rights to Drive
The 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. driving ban on
the last Saturday of each month is unconstitutional and tramples upon our civil rights.
The street cleaning (set-setal) exercise on that day must be voluntary; not coercive.
We, therefore, demand our rights to drive during (set-setal) cleaning hours 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Life does not stop because of the street cleaning (set-setal) exercise. We demand our driving rights.
Gambia Campaign for Civil Disobedience
March 2011
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Comments
Very !!!
post #85,second line should read..'general elections' not 'general generals'
Thank you all
What we should be doing is exploiting that possibility,as much as we can & within the law,to bring about a peaceful and meaningful change to The Gambia. This is not mere fantasy.It is possible.
Yes,some may say,and rightly so, that Jammeh does not respect the law,but that does not give the rest of us the excuse to act outside the law.
Like most Gambians abroad,I will contribute my few pennies to a united opposition front,but not to any single party.
Finally,please refrain from personal attacks & insulting language because what it does, more than anything else, is to expose your inability to participate in a mature debate.
Colonel Gadafi will eventually crush the uprising if the international community does not exert pressure on him. And why would the international community want a quick end to the crisis in Libya? Because the west & USA are already feeling the impact in rapidly rising fuel costs.
That brings me back to The Gambia. Who would the army side with? Jammeh definitely,beca use he controls everything,espe cially, the heavy weapons.
Would the west & USA put pressure on him? Probably,but don't bet your dollars on it.(if you're a betting man). ASK RWANDANS & BURUNDIS
Moreover,it is morally wrong to ask people to put their lives in danger when you don't plan to be part of it.
I do not know Mr M.K.Jallow in person but have great respect for him and always endevours to read his articles.Not only his style of writing,but the depth of knowledge of the subjects he writes about,in my view,makes him one of the best online commentators on Gambia.
However,the call for a demostration on march 26th,is a bit too much. Gambia is not Tunisia,Egypt,L ibya..and is not of the same strategic importance to the west as these countries.I agree that it is not the west but Gambians that will change the country,but in the event of confrontation,p ressure from the international community(the west) does help.
The trans atlantic time difference means I speak to America until early in the morning.....Yawn.
I will get to the interview shortly.
Thanks.
You know Gambian's are very fair people.
But there are some who get a bit mixed up?
I am not a journalist..but some would compare me to Dida Halake in this regard?
Dida has much more in common with Kemo Cham....But I don't here anyone " Hitting" Mr Cham.
Mr Halake has given some good advice.
He has every right to be judged on what he says....and not the narrow personal attacks he has suffered.
If you shut down all voices..all you will hear is your own.
That is too lonely a condition to contemplate.
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