HERE'S what we, or I, should be ashamed of when I want to apportion any sort of blame to the opposition for what's going on in Fass Njagga Choi. Ousainou Darboe, Kemeseng Jammeh and a lot of the old, defenseless men and women at the standoff, are OVER 50 - 60 years old. The youth in the Gambia, including the LAWYER who texted Pa Nderry M'Bai, to challenge Darboe's position but scared to make his name public, are sitting at home or behind our computers to be TOUGH! That is the reason I'd be ashamed to throw dirt! The two were unprofessional in the press conference devoid of any respect for Darboe, their colleagues and the audience with both their questions and mannerisms.
Pa NDERRY & SEEDY made it clear on the radio that they've not or are not donating a dime to what's going on in Fass. That open pronouncement is an indication that they're not supporting the cause that they're expecting to start violence. As far as I'm concerned, Pa and his team are comfortable that their 'analysis' is enough contribution to the cause. That WE should be grateful to them. That's unfortunate.
Let's put a few things into perspective. We're arguing that the opposition leaders are old and over age, should step aside and give chance to others. That's only valid IF OUR YOUTH ARE WILLING TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE. Why are we not calling on the same old people to go home instead of sleeping outside? WE thought they're ineffective to run parties but we expect them to face the machinery and be killed.
The radio, blog and Facebook thugging is good but not adequately effective on the ground. Let's not get too bigheaded. DARBOE/OJ/HALIFA/BAH/MAI went to register their parties and promised, swore to uphold the law and operate within the confines of those laws. So to ask that they face the security forces to help in breaking laws and hop into a violence project that could lead to cost of lives. As crazy and frustrating as things are, THERE ARE LAWS IN THE GAMBIA! To deny that is to be silly.
Pa Nderry and Seedy Ceesay have FAMILIES in Gambia. Pa has families who clearly, definitely declared loyalty to the same regime killing, maiming, disappearing people and breaking laws. Pa never openly mentioned or called them out for supporting the regime and should stand up to it. So if we can understand that the political environment on the ground is afar forces them to, we should be reasonable enough to understand that we can't push others to ram on that same reckless, dangerous regime head on barehanded.
Seedy was allegedly attacked and injured in England by govt supporters. Nothing came outta it. He has since been going to Senegal, hours away from Gambia but wouldn't go in. The reason being, those same bad laws are there. Seedy could go and challenge them. Or at least called friends and families of his to join the standoff in Fass so they can help force their way out.
There's absolutely NO FALSE IMPRISONMENT in Fass. They're #refusing to LEAVE! Let that be clear! Anywhere that there's a repression of the kind in Gambia, the approach is always going to be different. That is why the Wade/Senegal comparison makes no sense. That's why the MLK quote is misplaced.
We can't always be dragging behind anytime we make some gains. And we'd always thank Pa and Freedom for consistently doing that. It never gets old. It's a numbers game, I guess.
Tough, but this too shall pass!
Peace To The Planet!
Pata PJ
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