Posters, billboards, murals and paintings do NOT make or break good or bad leaders. Laws and/or and Institutions DO. Especially one in this case promoting Inauguration and not an individual. They're everywhere, even in established democracies. I'd be concerned about using state resources to sponsor or erect such things. No wastefulness.
IF our fear is that these would give birth to a Dictatorship or Bad leader, we must not understand and respect Democracy and how to safeguard it. That alone is a confirmation that we need time to mature into our democracy.
IF they tell you 'this was how Yaya became a dictator', tell them it's NOT true. We never had the chance to stand up to Yaya. Yaya Jammeh came and left the Gambia a Dictator. WE DID NOT MAKE HIM ONE. We didn't bring him. Was he aided? Sure. He came with GUNS and the first thing he did was SUSPEND the Constitution - an instrument that gives and guarantees our rights and freedoms. Remember all the many Decrees? He never even for once pretended to be a democrat.
The progressive Gambia and Gambians must NOT allow the trauma from the last two decades paralyze us. We BROUGHT in and MADE Adama PRESIDENT. He's not entitled to it. IF we feel he's not serving our purpose, we CAN and WILL take him out.
Let's swiftly occupy ourselves with instituting LAWS and BUILD INSTITUTIONS that will nurture and safeguard our Democracy.
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