(JollofNews) – A local magistrate in the Gambia has remanded a mother of several children at the notorious Mile Two Prisons who is accused of insulting the country’s new president, Adama Barrow.
Fatou Badjie of Jabang village is charged with prohibition of conduct conducive to breach of peace. Although the exact words she uttered are yet to be disclosed, state prosecutors said she had intented to provoke a breach of peace.
Ms Badjie, who is also a single parent, was arrested and detained on February 19th by police after she and another woman, Awa Jadama, currently at large, allegedly made rude comments about the president.
Police Prosecutor Sergeant 2202 Fadera, applied for her to be remanded as the matter is still under investigation. He said Ms Badjie may tamper with their investigation or even abscond the jurisdiction of the country if she is released on bail.
“The second accused is still at large and Fatou may equally take the same decision if she is granted bail,” he said.
Ms Badjie, who represented herself in court, denied the allegation and pleaded with the court to grant her bail. She said she is a single parent of several children who are being affected by her absence from home.
Despite her plea, she was remanded by Magistrate AR Bah of the Brikama Court.
The case continues.
Is Gambia now another Communist Country. What kind of Democracy is the Coalition government importing into The Gambia.
Send a single parent mother to prison just she is accused of Insulting Adama Barrow.
Heart breaking and unjust.
Breach of peace what peace?
Free the Woman right now.
Is da Reality, this is what Gambia voted for, but I’m sure the human rights, watchers should have something to say about this, they certainly watch everything else, the woman needs to get a good lawyer.
No comments from “Dr” Isatou Sarr, Bax, Maxs, Nasty Natty Dread and all the idiotic Barrow and his clique of incompetent “coalition” government supporters.
I prophecized a Gambia MORE dictatorial, more UNDEMOCRATIC and more AUTHORITARIAN than any time in our history.
Just make a quick glance at the faces, personal characteristics and mannerisms of the composition of the present government inept personalities and learn how pompous and vengeful they are.
Let’s wait for more bitter days, feuds and possible civil turmoil!
Money may come from abroad, anywhere, but these faces are bent on fending their political strength before working for the common good of our people. Their supporters will soon be vastly disappointed. LOL
Give a solution what do you think barrow should do Mr babu soli?
Tafel ( wheelbarrow should open his mouth n tell the court to live that women they are innocent.now gambia is in democracy(free of expression )the president n the people are equally in right.had it been that those women insulted u ,do u think that the police will arrest them ?No No.But I don’t blame u ,because most of u don’t know what is (Democracy).Go all around the countrys were there is Democracy n u see.Go to Senegal,America,u name it,u will see full radio station only to say good or bad thing to the president.wheelbarrow is a fool ,he don’t know what is Democracy let him go ack people.Allah said if u don’t know u ack someone who knows.
He should Call for a fresh elections since he is a Ceremonial President or a president only by name,whiles he is being remote controlled like a tv.
People like Mai Fatty a male with a female name should not be taken seriously at all they are just there for self interest.
Tafel,
Barrow should call the attention of his tribemate Fula magistrate about the article in our constitution where insulting a “president” like him is a felony. That way the Fula magistrate (AR Bah)would know how to judge what is called “insulting” a president.
After all, does insulting a person warrant being sent to prison? Then, there are thousands of Gambians who should have been imprisoned for the bitter insults proferred on President Jammeh Babili Mansa.
The Mandinka-Fula authocracy will soon surface as in the Ex-President Jawara period. I foresee bitter animosity not a sense of burying the hatchet to move forward. Irresponsible figures like Mai Fatty and Fatoumatta Tambajang, who are the most visible at the helm of government should take heed or will soon plunge the country into hatred and more animosity. The witch hunt has already begun. Let’s wait for more dismissals, arrests and imprisonments.
My clarion call for the APRC militants and stalwarts is NEVER to give in to intimidations and arrests, NEVER to give up their right to oppose a puppet and docile “president” with an incompetent clique of vengeful people. It’s the single most consolidated party that can clearly win the elections.
The ploy from the inept “coalition” government is to weaken the APRC by intimidation and defamation only to annul their pants-drawn fear for the rejuvenation of that party. HAIL PRESIDENT JAMMEH BABILI MANSA AND THE APRC. On the sound footings of your hard work, there is nothing comparable, BABILI MANSA.
Forming coalition is part of constitution, and through analyzing your argument, sound like jammeh was right and barrow is wrong.
Tafel ( wheelbarrow should open his mouth n tell the court to live that women they are innocent.now gambia is in democracy(free of expression )the president n the people are equally in right.had it been that those women insulted u ,do u think that the police will arrest them ?No No.But I don’t blame u ,because most of u don’t know what is (Democracy).Go all around the countrys were there is Democracy n u see.Go to Senegal,America,u name it,u will see full radio station only to say good or bad thing to the president.wheelbarrow is a fool ,he don’t know what is Democracy let him go ack people.Allah said if u don’t know u ack someone who knows.
Yes I those women will be free pressure already amounted and public out cry is forming yes they deserved a fair treatment, we are sending a memo.
Babu Soli
What you called a witch hunt is just the beginning. As i said in my previous pieces that the clean up of the filth left by Jammeh will be thorough and wide ranging and those innocent have nothing to worry about,but those with blood in their hands will have no where to run or hide.
Babu Soli! Do you know why i called you a myopic and twisted black propagandist? because you are trying to use false and twisted narratives disguised in your bigotry and tribal hatred as a means of making yourself heard.Those who committed those ungodly acts against our people will be dismissed from their jobs,investigated,tried and sentenced if found guilty by a competent courts of law,unlike during the 22 years of lawlessness where the rule of law was non existent.
As you know as well as i do that there can never be any progressive or peaceful society without justice. Justice is like a soothing balm applied to heal the wounds inflicted on society and without justice,these wounds can never be healed or cleansed.
You can rant for eternity,name call and insults but this momentum of ours of building a just and progressive society will forge ahead with steam. Your empty prophecy of turmoil and civil unrest also shall come to pass as we as a people are ready for all eventualities. Bring it on so called APRC! We have defeated you fair and square and will do it again as history is on our side.
Unenlightened and twisted ideologues like Babu Soli who are hell bent on trying to bamboozle our people with rhetoric and loud mouthed twisted propaganda will fail and fail miserably. Your evil boss Yahya Jammeh BABOITA MANSA who ran away with his tail between his legs with our meager resources into exile is the next target of this clean up and no effort will be spared to bring back that monster to justice.
Long Live President Barrow and his government!
Forward always and Backward never!
CORRECTION: JAMMEH IS NOW BABILI JONGNO
CORRECTION TO JAMMEH’s TITLE: X-PRESIDENT JAMMEH BABILI JONGNO
I think it high time to let people know dictatorship and idolization of African leaders is history and definitely not welcome in Gambia after 22 years of it polluted on Gambians mindset. If this incident is true? whoever (the youths don’t know better hence awaken from 22 year of tyranny and to be enlighten of democratic values) condoned such primitive action is totally undemocratic and seeding intolerance and encouraging blatant barbarism. That means if one is accused of insulting the prophet who careless of it and even befriend people who drew stone on him: means he/she is beheaded too much less a person taken from the street and elected to bring sanity ? You cannot abuse humans being rights because you want to show your sycophancy and loyalty to that person to gain favors and recognition? You are virtually a criminal and a danger to society and humanity and that elected change. period.
Babu Soli, the woman was not charged for insult but her disruptive behaviour which the arresting officer felt was “prohibition of conduct conducive to breach of peace”. That provision of the law has always been in our penal code. Ignorance of the law is never an excuse. Therefore her arrest was legal. She was not the only one whom the officer felt had broken the law. The other woman Awa Jadama is said to be at large which does not help Fatou Badjie’s bail application case. The prosecution had put forward a very strong argument for why Fatou Badjie should be kept in remand. The magistrate has very little room to manoeuvre legally because she has to make her decision based on the facts before her and I doubt it if the woman can raised the surety required to meet bail conditions. Just to let you know the threshold to meet bail application conditions has been increased exponentially by Jammeh. Although Jammeh may have other people in mind when he made that decision however his decision has unintended consequences as it impacts on the entire citizenry. Babu you are contradicting yourself and also displaying a lack of understanding of how the constitution works by calling on President Barrow to talk his “Fula magistrate about the article in our constitution where insulting a “president” like him is a felony” (1) The constitution has provisions that allows the executive to formulate and amend laws through acts of parliament. The penal code is one such law. Therefore you won’t find it in the constitution (2) You referred to the arrest, detention and charge of this lady as the emergence of “Mandinka-Fula autocracy” yet you ask the president to interfere with due process of the law and talk to the magistrate. If president Barrow should ever be foolish enough to attempt that, the Magistrate will be well within her rights to charge him with contempt of the court. I think we all want to move away from the era where politicians dictate to the judiciary. It is only the prosecutor who can drop the charges against this poor woman. And I would like to ask all contributors to this forum to urge the prosecutor to drop all charges against her because it is not in the public interest to carry on with the case. The resources need for this case could be well spent on prosecuting seasoned violent criminals. She should just be given a caution and allow to return to her children.
Buba Sanyang, I like your thinking, very balanced.
I will not waste time on the remnants of Yahya’s apologist and sycophants, but let’s deal with our dream for a new Gambia. No Gambian should be arrested or charged for insulting the President. Period. The woman must be released immediately and she should sue the arresting officer and the State for damages . Any attempt to charge her on trumped up disruptive behavior charge must be discouraged vigorously. We did not ask President Barrow to serve us, he volunteered and we chose him, if any Gambian is not happy with his performance, it is our rights to say so. In fact we can abuse him and his entire family if he displeased us. If he can’t take it, then let him resign. It is very dangerous to use the security agencies to undermine the freedom of expression of our Citizens. This must STOP and STOP NOW.
Release this innocent woman NOW.
Dr Sarr thanks for your contribution. I agree with all what you’ve said. We must all defend democracy in the Gambia. Prosecuting this lady for just alleged breach of the peace is like killing a fly with a sledgehammer. What baffles me most is why she was representing herself. Surely she should be entitled to state provided attorney. There are enough lawyers in the Gambia now to facilitate that. Or has legal aid been scrapped?
So Called Coalition supporters please be honest ans sichere to Ur Regime by telling them the truth when they go wrong. If they think that they can take the law into their own hands to harrash Innocent powerless People, they will sink to the bottom of the deepestvOcean on earth. Let remember they will Reap what they are planting. They have only three years to stay as we will vote them out come 2020.
The Police Office who fabricated this charges to separate this powerless woman is a disgrace to their so call Democracy. Tell the Police man this is not the way to Look for Promotion.
FREE MS BADJIE RIGHT NOW AND END UR DICTATORSHIP SOFORT.
Is Da Reality, have you actually read and understand commentaries from “so called” coalition supporters? Because if you did you would not have made the comments you did above unless if you are a person who like to twist and bend the truth. Your attempt to blame the government for the plight of this woman is at best lame and at worst disingenuous. This woman was arrested by a police officer carrying out their duties as enshrined in the law of the land. The arrest, detention and charges brought against her are all within the law. I would suggest you do your research before making comments. If you want to blame anyone for this poor lady’s predicament it is Jammeh you should blame because it was him who brought in the law the lady was charged under. However there is a general consensus that this provision in the penal code is a bad one and we must get rid of it immediately to avoid such incidences in the future. And I am confident that this government will work with the National Assembly to do so. Instead of trying to score cheap political points you should join the chorus for the immediate release of the woman. We can continue with our squabbles later. But for now let us all work together to defend the lady’s right to offend anyone she chooses to. Lets not forget that behind this headlines is a human tragedy, there are innocent children who need their mum.
Buba Sanyang, We can continue with our squabbles later. Lol nice.
Jammeh’s filthy practice of incarcerating people for allegedly insulting president has no place in New Gambia even if the breach of peace is clandestinely used to proffer charges against the accused. The police and the judiciary should do away with Jammeh regime modus operandi.
Buba Sanyang,
It’s abhorring to hear such statements from you. The Sanyangs as I have learnt from my parents have always been truthfrul, steadfast and honest people. But you may not belong to that noble family of Sanyangs, Buba Sanyang, which during my childhood days, my parents referred to as KORING GOLU. Don’t support Barrow on LIES because you hate President Jammeh!
Do you really mean to say that woman deserved being sent to Mile II just for insulting a “president”. Which constitutional clause are you referring to? Please state it here. I can’t just believe that the President Jammeh dissidents who have for long “fought” against his “injustice” would now turn a blind eye to unwanton abuse of law by remanding a single mother whose only crime is to “insult” a president. What Gambia are you working to consolidate socially, politically and economically?
This woman could be brought before the law enforcement agents, adddress her, take her statements, release her until a fair hearing (with a due counsel) is provided. Even then, she could only be reprimanded and fined, but NOT JAILED! That’s absolute abuse of power by the FULA magistrate (AR BAH) to manifest his/her tribal inclination for Barrow.
Democratic values are really difficult to digest. I can pereceive that in the few days bad governance of your vengeful negative bitty “coalition” government, which is gradually working towards her imminent disintegration.
Babu Soli I have said it to you earlier that it is not the constitution that defines every law in the country. The constitution allows the executive to formulate and amend laws. And the penal code is one such law. There are lots of laws that you will not see in the constitution because the constitution confers the power to create those laws onto other bodies. I have made a very balanced analysis of the situation and have made a very clear call for the release of this poor lady. In fact I have called on everyone to demand her immediate release. I am confident that you do understand what I’ve said so if you want cheap point scoring then it is up to you my brother. Babu if you have been reading my contributions you would have noticed that I have always tried to make balanced analysis of how I see things and that am not driven by sentiments and emotions. I have never and will never hate Jammeh, all I ever wanted is for Gambians to have and enjoy the freedom expression and human rights that we in the west and enjoying. Might I suggest that you put your emotions aside and only look at the facts then you will realised that this has nothing to do with Barrow but a police officer carrying out their duties as enshrined in the law. It is a terrible law that criminalises insulting a public officer but as long as it is in the penal code we have to abide by it. Like I said in an earlier posting, lets continue with our squabble later but for now lets work together to see the immediate release of Fatou Badjie. There is a human tragedy behind this headlines. There are innocent children who need their mother. As a society we should put their holistic needs before our individual pride and egos.
Natty Dread,
I have realised that you are becoming a bit sober and softer in tone when relating matters to me. I believe in responsible and educative dialogue. In the absence of that, I get weird and wild and give a heavy hand on matters and respond unscrupulously.
Nonetheless, I will come again with a more coherent respond to your above posting. Maybe, tomorrow, but as for today I am really busy at work and have a staff meeting after closing. That usually takes time, when I have to return home to my family. Hopefully tomorrow. Bye for today.
PS:
I might address “dr” Isatou Sarr and Buba Sanyang, as well.
Lets call it a truce Babu. This is becoming childish now. If you believe in responsible and educative dialogue as i know you don’t,why insulting my parents then.You are just a thug like those from Jammeh’s government including himself, who were willing to kill even family members to maintain the status quo and their false narratives of what went on. You are blind to the truth of what went on during the previous 22 years of dictatorship in our country. I am not least surprise that you confessed to the fact that you are weird and wild as only somebody with twisted mind can write such rubbish as you had been doing,without acknowledging the various human right violations perpetrated against our innocent brethren and sistren. The fact that no good work of Jammeh’s government can washed away the atrocities meted to our people during these 22 years. The fact that even his own family (Jammeh) were not spared from his brutality. Haruna Jammeh and his sister Masireh Jammeh came to mind,those down to death in a cruel and unjust of manners.
I am not asking you to support President Barrow and his government,but only to be balanced and fair in your discourse. Calling President Barrow inept and making a big deal of his previous job as a security guard show how confused and twisted in thought you are. What was Yahya Jammeh’s qualifications before he became a dictator? What had he achieved in life before 1994?
You see Babu,education enlightened the minds of the wise,but unenlightened the mind of the disturbed as in your case. Look at those infamous leaders in history, like Hitler, Pol Pot,Stalin, Franco and Musolini. Their great intellect couldn’t enlightened them to see their evil ways.
I ain’t no coward nor will i ever retreat from any kind of confrontation, so bring on what you got if my olive branch don’t suffice your twisted ego.Nasty Dreadful Natty will always fight back.
Shaloum! Shaloum! Shaloum!
Nasty Dreadful Natty Dread,
I will uphold my posting in reply to your last posting until I learn that you have read this piece about your abhorrent Barrow government. A government that has usurped our constitution just to cater for ONE PERSON; FATOUMATTA TAMBAJANG. What a joke in the interpretation of our Carte Magna.
I have reiterated that this government is inept and incompetent, that’s why Halifa Sallah(whose real personally I’m beginning to consider and recognize) has at now distanced himself from their arrogance and ineptitude. It is Halifa who should come out with such a bold declaration. Where is your puppet, unqualified and half-educated “president” to make a pronouncement on such constitutional abuse?
Gambia: Breaking News: Gov’t Will Correct The Unconstitutional Repealing Of The Presidential Age Limit; Without Following The Dictates Of The Law-Halifa Sallah
The Spokesman of the Transitional Government Halifa Sallah says the recent repealing of the age limit associated with the office of the president and vice president by parliament was unconstitutional and hence called on the Barrow government…
The Spokesman of the Transitional Government Halifa Sallah says the recent repealing of the age limit associated with the office of the president and vice president by parliament was unconstitutional and hence called on the Barrow government to adhere to the dictates of the 1997 constitution. Mr. Sallah, who has made his position known to the transitional leaders, said government must go back to parliament to table the bill again in the spirit of following the dictates of the constitution. Mr. Sallah told journalists at a news conference today that the amendment of the Election Act, was done in line with the dictates of the constitution, but in regards to the repealing of the age limit for the president and vice president, Sallah said the government got it all wrong.
“When you dealing with the constitution, you cannot go by section 101. It has a section of its own in the constitution and that’s section 226. So what it says is that when you are to introduce a bill to amend the constitution prior to doing so; you must publish it in the gazette for three months for the first reading. And then publish it again nothing less than ten days; the second publication before introducing it in the national assembly. So that has been made clear after it was done. And there is absolutely no doubt that government sees eye to eye with that particular position and obviously, they will be doing the rectification. So that bill have to be returned to the national assembly for remedial actions to be made,” he said.
Baa Tambadou, is Gambia’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice. He advice the president on issues of legal matters. He also oversees the passage of bills and amendment of the constitution.
Mr. Tambadou was absent in parliament on Tuesday, when Interior Minister, Mai Fatty, tabled the proposed constitutional changes. Now Halifa Sallah, is telling Gambians that the recent repealing of the age limit for the office of president and vice president was done unconstitutionally. Sallah said the Barrow government has agreed to make the necessary corrections to rectify the unconstitutional act.
Commenting on the upcoming national assembly elections, Sallah said he has been instructed by his colleagues to report to Gambians about what has been agreed upon to take part in the polls. Sallah said all the parties have agreed to sponsor independent coalition candidates in the coming polls, except the UDP and the NRP. He said the two parties believed in party sponsored candidates.
“After lengthy deliberations, the position of the coalition is to participate in this election on the basis of independent coalition candidates, of course two parties have reservations,” Sallah noted.
Mr. Sallah asked Gambians to continue to be proactive on issues of national importance as manifested in the past elections. He said the opposition came together largely due to public demand for an alliance. He expects the same pressure to be mounted on the opposition in order to do the right thing for the public good.
Mr. Sallah also said candidates representing the coalition government must be electable and competent, while underscoring the importance of electing competent national assembly members. He said the transition government should endeavor to accomplish its set agenda for change. But he said, this cannot be possible if the coalition’s core mission and values, which brought the opposition together is being set aside.
“You said Gambia has decided, well we are yet to decide the National Assembly,” Halifa said adding that the other parties should be engaged so that the opposition can win more seats in the coming elections. Once the opposition forms the majority in the house, he said, the proposed reforms and constitutional changes can be accomplished. He warns the opposition to avoid becoming the innocent victims of their own making, while stressing the need for an opposition unity to shape the affairs of the state.
Mr. Halifa Sallah also clarified that he is not a paid adviser to president Adama Barrow. He said his services are pro-bono.
“I am not part of the Executive. I am an adviser, but not an Executive adviser. An Executive adviser must receive pay from a government and will be driving government vehicle; given government vehicles and so forth. I am not that. An adviser cannot be with the president 24 hours; every day a week. There are government ministers and ministries who carry out their functions,” he said.
Babu Soli
I applaud President Barrow and his government for their wisdom and magnanimity in coming out and declared that their action was unconstitutional and will be repealed.This is something that all true patriots should be proud of as it is a living proof that Gambia is on a different trajectory from the one of the previous government. That finally Gambians can understand that government can make mistakes but that they are willing to admit it and repeal it if necessary. This scenario is nothing new as it happened almost in all advance civilizations.A point of reference to make here will be President Trump’s travel ban.
You see Babu, no right thinking Gambian expect a smooth ride during these trying times of our nation’s history.There will be bumps here and there, missteps and sometimes even illegalities, but the will to rectify those actions will also be there for all to see.
How many illegal acts or declarations were enacted during the 22 years of Jammeh’s misrule? and was there any room for any individual to challenge those acts or declarations overtly or covertly? The answer Babu is— there were countless illegal acts and declarations but Yahya Jammeh never have the wisdom and magnanimity to accept that he can be wrong,and there was never room for dissenting voices. This is the difference Babu. Barrow’s government is accountable to the electorate that’s why they admit fault whenever it occurred, unlike that arrogant Kanilai nincompoop who thought that he was above making mistakes.
You don’t have to be political scientist to know that Gambia is changing for the better,where the rule of law and good governance will be the cornerstone of our efforts. The detractors who wouldn’t relent with their false and twisted propaganda, criticized when not merited should know that we are better off today as a people than 3 months ago. We are better off with the knowledge that no innocent Gambian is being illegally detained, being illegally tortured or raped and that all Gambians can openly express their political,religious and social opinions without fear of arrest,torture and even death.This is the Gambia that all right thinking people want.
Nasty Dreadful natty Dread,
Don’t be an apologist here. Stop lying. Not the government has come out to correct their appalling behaviour. It was Halifa who has categorically stated his position in the inept “coalition” government which from all indications, he is not active in their deliberations. Halifa isn’t part of the arrogant clique of inept figures as one can decipher from his interview. READ HIS BIT PROPERLY.
The bill to abrogate the age-limit clause was tabled by your “well learned lawyer” Mai Fatty, with all his arrogance inorder to seat a vengeful and deceitful woman, FATOUMATTA TAMBAJANG. JUST TO CATER FOR A SINGLE PERSON when the parliamentary elections are just next door. What a JOKE!
The will to correct at best comes late in some situations and the fence-mending could be detrimental and disastrous. Will the jailing of the Jabang village lady be mended? And how?
It’s really CORROSIVE, ABSURD and farfetched to assert that it was wrong before, so when it’s wrong now, there is no wrong-doing.
Your wrong-doings have already begun and will continue. I will come back to you!
Babu Soli
If the bill to abrogate the age – limit was tabled by Mai Fatty,who then approved it? I will tell you Babu — it was approved by APRC majority house of parliament.Are they also guilty of illegality here? You see Babu,it is easy to mud throw,but reality is a different matter altogether. President Barrow and his government inherited a complete mess in all aspect of our nation’s affairs, and they need support and guidance to stir them unto an oasis of good governance and true brotherhood, and only an insane person would expect that to be an easy task. They will make mistakes but their intentions are clear, to create a better society for all irrespective of their tribe,religion or gender.
By the way,its Halifa’s decision and his decisions only that he is not in the executive and he will forever be remembered a hero in our struggles, but he need to understand that we need all hands on deck in this hour for the betterment of our nation. Partisan politics and cheap points scoring should be behind us, consigned to the dustbins of our dark history. We may disagree but we all want the same things for our country, peace,progress,prosperity and good governance. So lets join hands and make those aspirations a reality for our people and ourselves.
Nice talk two of you, Natty Dread and Babu Soli. This is what we like, as we are one people from one loving gambia.
Remember our unity, peace, security, and justice is the foundation to lasting development and the reinforcement of our democracy. We should do our best to defeat CORRUPTION , without which we are bound to fail.
Babu, can you please tell us where or how Natty Dread is lying? Halifa has said that it was desirable to amend the constitutional provision on the age limit. “However, the Government and the National Assembly must not amend the constitution by relying on the wrong procedure”. This is what Halifa has said according to Foroyaa. Babu, 53 National Assembly members had the opportunity to read and vote on that bill yet none of them realised that a procedural error has occurred. Instead of cheap political point scoring we should be applauding all parties involved for showing political maturity. Babu I refer you to read my posting on the 1/3/2017 Update: Gambia Scraps Age Limit for President. It’s under politics section of this page. You will noticed that I have partly dealt with this issue even before you ask me. As Natty Dread said, this government like any other government in the world will get things wrong sometimes and there will be anger, tears and fallouts but we the people can guide them through constructive participation in the democratic process. As Gambians we have two choices; (1) Nurture and fiercely protect our young democracy by working together as one people condemning wrong and praising right whenever we see it, wherever and when done by whomever or (2) Sow the seed of discord by always looking for opportunities to score cheap political points. Babu, I have chosen the first option, which option will you choose?