'Darboe is a Hero, if only he forgives and forgets the political past', he told the press.
What am I missing here? My issue is not whether or not Darboe is a hero. I have issues with people wanting to 'shove forgiveness' down the throat of folks. Lawyer Ousainou Darboe is a political party leader. What happened to him and his team was unfortunate. However, Darboe is NOT the president of the Gambia and he's not calling the shots. Even if he was, who in their right minds would think Ousainou would have ventured on a retributive witch hunt against Jammeh or any Gambian? And neither should Adama and his government. Most Gambians did not fight to change the dictatorship cos they had personal issues with Jammeh. So I found this to be disrespectful to a man whose whole professional and political careers have been service to country and people, and rule of law.
WHAT is there for Darboe to 'forgive before he becomes a Hero'? Gambians didn't do anything awful to him. Mr Darboe can forgive personal wrongs against him all he wants. Yaya Jammeh and his govt, wronged Gambia and Gambians, especially with rights abuses. I call Bullshit. No one person has any rights or powers to 'forgive' any public official who abused office. The victims (Gambia and Gambians) MUST seek justice in the courts. Due process. If you are interested in healing, you should advocate Justice. It's only fair. Yaya Jammeh has to answer to the alleged gross violations under his watch, especially the deaths, disappearances, tortures. That's not personal. It's only healthy.
Pata PJ
December 6, 2016
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