(JollofNews) – I am sure a lot of my readers have been keenly waiting for my opinion over the political developments in the Gambia where the whole world is trying to figure out what went wrong after His Excellency Sheikh Professor Doctor Alhagie Yahya A. J. J. Jammeh, Babillimansa, my party leader of the APRC government first conceded defeat in the 2016 presidential election and a week later decided to rescind it and nullify the result.
I first want to make it abundantly clear that I am totally in support of President Jammeh’s final decision to toss the results away, and I would urge everyone concerned to bear with me while I lay out my justification in this rather elaborate piece.
I am surprised that many of the reports conveyed around the world about how he first conceded defeat and later changed his mind are not explaining the most important part of the issue, i.e., the reason he did it.
Obviously, the confusion created by the IEC in declaring two results with the original margin of victory by Mr. Adama Barrow over President Jammeh being over 35, 000 votes and a later-revised result drastically narrowing down the winner’s lead by an insignificant 19000 votes out of over 800,000 registered voters raised the red flag over the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC’s) counting competence.
Without doubt, as honest as the APRC leader demonstrated in the first results in which he was convinced that he had lost, the second-time results left him with no choice but to consult his party members who overwhelmingly demanded instant and quick investigation into what the hell had happened.
Factoring the troubling incidents leading to such a publicized national election and the overzealous efforts of those in the diaspora to effect regime change in the country by hook or crook, I think the IEC’s mistakes in the counting of the votes was at best too hasty and at worst gross incompetence.
Those in the diaspora whose contribution in many ways of ensuring that the APRC government would be defeated in the elections, were commended by Mr. Adama Barrow and attributed his victory largely to their support.
They had organized armed attacks in the country, using mercenaries in December 2014 to overthrow the APRC government with the belief that the IEC could never hold a free and fair election in the country because of its dependence and blind loyalty to President Jammeh and would always rig elections in his favor.
They had also raised funds in April 2016 and sponsored radical extremists in the country to hold mass civil disobedience that they thought could bring down the government under the guise of calling for electoral reform because of, again, their lack of trust in the IEC.
Well, after what transpired in this election, it is obvious that the IEC was never the abominable, unfair or puppet commission most of them had believed it was under President Jammeh. Hence those who were therefore, paid, cajoled or deceived into taking the ultimate sacrifice through brute force simply lost their lives or went to jail on a wrong conviction.
Apparently, the IEC, though created and throughout supported by His Excellency President Jammeh never was a bias commission insulated to favor him but one, that in my judgement simply proved its incompetence in handling the elections and causing the whole confusion.
Trivialisingtheir huge error or not even mentioning it in the reason why the Gambian president later refused to accept the result is disingenuous and ungodly. They should have first cut their ’T’s and dot their ‘I’s before going public with those outrageous numbers. And that’s not all I have to say.
I believe I am blessed to once again be a firsthand witness to this special 2016 presidential election that had almost brought about the end of the APRC government in the same way I was a witness to the July 22nd 1994 bloodless revolution that brought about the change of the PPP government.
I believe President Jammeh was magnanimous and commendable for conceding defeat when the initial results were read by the IEC. Those first numbers, like I said earlier showed a huge margin in which the APRC clearly lost by about 40,000 votes.
I was at the Statehouse that night when by 2:30 am, the numbers clearly convinced everybody that the APRC government had hopelessly lost. Just after 3:00 am, President Jammeh, in a cool and collected disposition stood up, the Holy Quran raised in his right hand, and to our total dismay swore to the Almighty Allah that the victory of his opponent was final and that he was going to hand over the government to Mr. Adama Barrow.
There was nothing remotely factual about some foreign pressure exerted on him by the likes of President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, Kofi Annan former UN Secretary General or any African leader for him to finally concede as falsely rumored on social media.
The angels of gloom and doom that morning of December 2nd, hastily bombarded the internet with litany of fabrications ranging from his escape out of the country to Cuba to his arrest by his personal bodyguards, and his mother’s death by the shock of his defeat; his wife and children also reported to be on the run.
But in addition to the fake news, there were serious threats from members of the opposition advocating for President Jammeh’s arrest and how he should be held accountable for everything that had ever went wrong in the country for the past two decade.
The blogger Sidi Sanneh was also out there in the US shamelessly saying that I was part of a conspiracy trying to compel President Jammeh to change his mind and nullify the results. I will not be wasting my time disputing such fabrications in the same manner I refused to dignify his publication few days ago, that I was in the Gambia trying to incite the Armed and Security forces to overthrow the new government of Mr. Barrow that has not even been sworn in yet. I think Mr. Sanneh is walking with many screws missing in his head.
But heck, I am after all 100% behind President Jammeh in his decision to nullify the disputable elections in the wake of the IEC messy results. No one can justify such major mistake in this special election and brush it off as insignificance. Hell no!
Once again, the IEC Chairman was aware of the 2014 mercenary attack in the country funded by dissidents living in the USA aimed at overthrowing the APRC government because of their wrong opinions that the IEC could not conduct a free and fair election.
They had accused the IEC of being hand-picked and bought by the government and will never allow the opposition parties to win. As a result, assault weapons were purchased with ammunitions to the tune of 10million Dalasi and the “brave” took the risk for a belief that was proven wrong in this 2016 presidential election.
Some were killed in the attack and the few who escaped, arrested by the US government and are serving jail time in American penitentiaries. That’s fighting for a wrong belief or opinion and being killed or jailed for a dogma, a problem plaguing several members of the diaspora in opposition to the APRC government.
Conversely, the IEC should have also remembered that in April 2016, the same dissidents who planned and executed the fatal attack in the country explored another regime-changing tactic of the APRC government by raising funds in the USA and sponsoring a mass civil disobedience veiled as a peaceful demonstration for electoral reform because of the “corruptibility” of the IEC. In that failed-incited uprising people also lost their lives while others went to jail for their wrong beliefs.
As of up to the very day of the elections when the IEC chairman was still reassuring the public of his commission’s impartiality these troublemakers in the diaspora were advocating for the opposition to challenge the votes if they happened to lose because President Jammeh according to them had already paid the chairman $450,000.00 to share among his staff to guaranteed his victory. Hence, voter discrepancy or not, their plan if the opposition had lost, was for the folks in diaspora to push for the delegitimisation of the results through relentless street protests.
These were all serious issues that the IEC should have considered earnestly in the sensitive outcome of the results.
On America’s watch and what could be said as their endorsement of the negative campaign, Gambian dissidents in the USA have been working day in day out on their online radios and social media, encouraging and financing any Gambian willing to take the risk of causing political havoc in the country. They have constantly demanded for the assassination of President Jammeh, members of his family, his cabinet ministers, senior military and police officers.
Up to this very day, these American online radios are being used to raise funds, sponsor brigands to cause trouble in the country while insisting that President Jammeh, even whereas he had assured Mr. Adama Barrow a smooth and peaceful transition of power must be arrested, his security forces disbanded and many soldiers and police officers held accountable for “crimes” they have committed in the past.
Yet amazingly, with all his reconciliation proclamation Mr. Barrow continues to attribute his victory to the “special support” rendered to his party by these hardliners. And trust me, with his inexperience and open declaration to rely on borrowed brains internally and externally to run his government the diaspora agenda of vengeance and persecutions of the old regime members remain frighteningly possible.
Given all that, and the high stakes looming over such a historic election, the IEC not exercising maximum care about the results before reading them bordered on irrational haste at best or total incompetence at worst.
If it was therefore all funky and dandy for the opposition to defiantly challenge the results if they were to lose based on their mistrust of the IEC’s relationship with the government, why then can’t the APRC equally challenge the votes with uncompromising zeal if discrepancies were revealed such as having two different results all favoring the pessimistic opposition party? The Wollofs say, “Mak Du Feicha Yal Naa Dea”.
The APRC government and its supporters shouldn’t allow these unpredictable people with no experience on modern government matters to come and destroy their lives on questionable election data that stinks high up in the heavens
Left to me alone I would have challenged the results upon their first announcement on December 2nd 2016 because of the competitive campaign launched by the APRC and the government’s willingness to play by the rules despite all cynical doubters.
I am not just querying the IEC’s suspicious mistake/ incompetence but also wondering whether there is even any provision in the constitution to address any such inharmoniousness.
Perhaps that was the reason why they wanted everyone to take it as a negligible malfunction; as a matter of fact, further investigation has revealed massive voter fraud where genuinely registered card holders were denied their voting rights because of dubious registration irregularities that the election officers used to disqualify many APRC voters.
President Jammeh briefly mentioned it in his Friday night address to the nation but wouldn’t be reported by his enemies bent on lynching him.
We must acknowledge the fact that out of the 800,000 plus registered voters, over 360,000 never showed up or voted in an election that by all indications should have brought out at least 75% of the electorate. Also with the Coalition Party winning only 227,000 of the votes and the APRC and the GDC together taking 295,000 while 365,000 are yet to be located, telling the world that most of the Gambians are behind Mr. Barrow is delusional and utterly erroneous.
Percentage wise we are only looking at about 26% of the 800,000 plus registered voters or 12% of the population of 1.8 million people. We also must not forget that the Coalition is composed of five political parties whose representatives so far are expressing different viewpoints on the way ahead.
Some are sounding confrontational, others reconciliatory while a few are sending mixed signals depending on which of the two groups they find themselves congregating with. Give that a month or two and they will fall apart like house of cards.
However, like many Gambians, including a lot of people who voted for him, I don’t know much about Mr. Adama Barrow; albeit from the unscripted interview he gave in the Wollof language to a Senegalese journalist from TFM TV on Monday December 5, 2016, I could draw some enlightening conclusion over the kind of domestic and foreign policies he intends to pursue especially towards neighboring Senegal who for years couldn’t get along with the APRC government.
Most of the armed attacks against the APRC government since 1994 originated from Senegal including the latest planned one from the USA and was launched from there with the escapees allowed an easy passage back to America. Many abortive coups in the Gambia against President Jammeh had fingerprints of the Senegalese government traceable to them.
Oh yes, since 1994, successive Senegalese governments have shown President Jammeh nothing positive but hatred of his government with their actions in this election further confirming that animosity. I think Macky Sall gets up every day wishing Presindt Jammeh death and destruction.
That said, I think Mr. Barrow’s statement on TFM TV underscoring his intent to tap into the experience of President Macky Sall in his foreign policy agenda on especially how to build a viable and productive socioeconomic system in the Senegambia region should have incorporated the recognition of President Jammeh’s experience and role in that area, who regardless of what his haters may have to say against him, remains a formidable mediator for the maintenance of peace and stability in Southern Senegal, Cassamance.
Everybody knows about the tremendous work he has been doing there by safeguarding a sustainable solution to the complex problem that has outlived three Senegalese presidencies.
I have always argued that the root cause of the Cassamance insurgency has a lot to do with the political, social and economic marginalization of the Jolas in their own country, especially in their own geographical domain which in all fairness was for decades neglected by Dakar.
Which I believe upon their realization that Northern Senegal wouldn’t consider them for the recognition they deserved, forced them to resort to the armed uprising that has claimed thousands of lives and is still not well contained in over 30 years.
However, with the ascension of President Jammeh to power he somehow provided them with the dignity, respect and the symbol of power, hope and success that they only yearned for.
President Jammeh gave them the recognition and respect which has helped in stopping other politically dominant tribes from treating them as mere maids or third-class citizens who were allowed minimal responsibilities in the socio-political development of Senegal.
To me therefore, ousting President Jammeh now could lead to among other regional troubles, the demoralization of the Jolas in the entire region which in effect could translate into reigniting a zealous demand for their independence or greater autonomy.
Experience of the conflict in Cassamance, illustrated that the PPP government never wanted to meddle in it and had watched Senegal fought it alone with no help from the Gambia. This Gambian Coalition government looks like the PPP reincarnated. Plus, politically, Gambians in all honesty do not trust Senegal, period.
And please don’t get me wrong. President Jammeh’s great work is not only limited to emancipating the Jola but has been broadly beneficial to everybody irrespective of tribe, class, race or religious affiliation in the country.
Above all, he has been very outstanding in building a dependable National security establishment that allows no room for criminals, terrorists, or swindlers to disturb the civility of the nation. In other words, he has kept the Gambia, safe, well secured and very developed.
Notwithstanding, I am yet to hear Barrow or the Coalition Party elements tell us how they are going to handle the country’s national security and the Cassamance factor in their foreign policy.
President Macky Sall is heard assuring the Coalition Party or Mr. Barrow his full support after being the first world leader to congratulate him on his victory; nonetheless, I am afraid Senegal’s ambition for a final federation with the Gambia remains a top priority in their foreign policy strategy which during the PPP regime culminated in their unceremonious withdrawal from the Senegambia Confederation in 1989.
Senegal in that covenant left feeling betrayed by the PPP after committing huge resources and many of the lives of their troops in taking back the country for them after the late Kukoi Samba Sanyang toppled President Dawda Jawara in June 1981.
Senegal thought they finally had Jawara to reciprocate their sacrifice by agreeing to a permanent federation of the two countries. But eight years later Sir Dawda Jawara “betrayed” them, in a nasty divorce that the two countries have still not revealed its exact cause.
That in mind, I think a comprehensive cooperation between a Macky Sall government of Senegal and that of a Coalition Party’s in the Gambia will not come short of a final agreement for that long-desired federation.
For all I know Senegal will never again risk another bloody military intervention in the Gambia without the operation sealed on a solid federation agreement. The last thing their Armed forces would ever want to attempt again is to launch another Operation Foday Kabba in the Gambia with the hope that the assisted Gambia government will be the ultimate puppet to be used.
I only hope that the threat of military intervention in the Gambia by Senegalese senior political and security officials currently shared on social media is fake news or mere saber rattling and not anything they are seriously contemplating to do.
Trust me, The Gambia Armed Forces is not the Field Force and without doubt is one of the most formidable fighting forces in the region. Taking them on in their own terrain by any foreign forces will be regrettable and could plunge the entire region into an unintended crisis of colossal proportion. The only people to win from starting a war in the region will be the weapon merchants and manufacturers.
That brings me to my next subject of commending President Jammeh for the excellent job he has been doing for the Gambian security forces, by selflessly uplifting the organizational and operational standards of the Gambia Armed and Police Forces from their previous status of once being the laughing stock of the nation to one of the most violable and respectable forces in the country and around the world.
Before the 1994 revolution or during the PPP regime, serving in the army was viewed as a deadened occupation where soldiers deployed on their first international peacekeeping operation in Liberia-1990-were paid $3.00 a day and were denied burial rights back to their country when killed in action abroad.
I have in many cases tried to remind the Gambians about such an unheard-of treatment of soldiers in any nation in the world.
However, when the soldiers protested about the unwarranted government abuse they used to be subjected to, foreign military commanders were contracted to come and take charge of the command and control of the Army with the hope that another misbehavior from the soldiers by claiming equal or respectable treatments will be crushed by the “Bigger and Stronger parent army of the Commanders”.
That threat never deterred the GNA led by President Jammeh in 1994 to put a stop to the unacceptable government abuse the soldiers used to encounter in their own country. He brought back the abandoned dead Gambian soldiers buried in shallow graves at the port of Liberia and gave them state burial ceremony with their parents handsomely compensated after years of their traumatic experience.
The Armed and security forces therefore have come a long way to be where they are today and would have been a huge mistake and a disservice to the country for the Coalition Party to heed the opposition voices demanding the reversal of their fortunes back to the Pre-President Jammeh era. Any action towards that objective will be wrong and very dangerous.
Being currently responsible for their international peacekeeping mission at the United Nations Organization in New York, I can share the wonderful news that the Gambian Armed and Police Forces, as of now, bring in salary disbursement from their peacekeeping duties in amounts close to $1million dollars every three months.
That was the whole annual grant the US government used to give the PPP government at the time of the military takeover in 1994 that they immediately stopped as soon as Washington had confirmed the coup then.
So, denying the soldiers, police and immigration officers such a lucrative opportunity out of political expediency will dangerously rupture the fine establishment with possible devastating consequences.
This discussion will be continued in the days ahead as new events unfold and the Gambia forges ahead.
Long live the Gambian people!
Long live the Islamic Republic of The Gambia!
Long live His Excellency Sheikh Professor Doctor Alhagie Yahya A. J. J. Jammeh, Babillimansa,
President and Commander-in-Chief of the Gambia Armed and Security Forces.
The author is a former Lieutenant Colonel and commander of the Gambia National Army. He is also the Gambia’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations
What you fail to recognize is the fact that after conceding defeat, the so-called Babili Mansa quickly realized the grim prospect that awaits him after January 19 when he gets prosecuted for the crimes he committed during his 22 years terror.
Don’t you feel sorry for him? He is lonely, dejected and confused. He can’t sleep as the day-of-judgment closes in on him. After 22 years, he still doesn’t know that he has no power to annul the election result. Sad !!!
I hope that this man that is so called ‘Babilimansa’ never has power again because the way he abuses it is not right
Abuses who?
Jammeh’s whole rejection speech is referring to someone like you. You are not god fearing. You have a case to answer.
Sam sarr you’re a disgrace to humanity, but not surprise birds of the same feathers fluck together that is why you wrote a book about jammeh them went back to disgrace your self before the whole world.
And how dare you to call our fellow citizens radical extremist, shame on you.
Jammeh’s lapdog, what right has your master to forcibly rule a country for 22 years. How did your master Jammeh get into government? Are you not ashamed that after 22 years of wrong-headed leadership and buffoonery, most Gambians live in abject poverty and only few people like you and your master Jammeh are living in affluence? You are not even ashamed of calling the small-minded man by his numerous titles. Better advise your man now to leave quietly or else very soon you will be too ashamed to identify with him.
This man is as stupid as yaya jammeh. How long did it take you to write this million pages people don’t need idiots like you to be speaking or writing in the social media… Thunder fire will strike your stinking mouth.
you what ever you call yourselve you have no idea what you are talking, you just wanted to open your dirty stinkibg mouth to talk without no reason. you are rats that lick that stupid dictator jammehs feet people like you will rote in hell thunder fire will burn you and your entire generation, you all are evil doer and god shall make you pay for all the cruelty you’ve done to innocent people
I want to believe you are the idiot in this case, you cant even read the full write-up so that you actually understand what the writer is trying to insinuate here instead your selfish ego doesn’t permit to understand the truth…. Shame on you and you are the big idiot here.
you what ever you call yourselve you have no idea what you are talking, you just wanted to open your dirty stinkibg mouth to talk without no reason. you are rats that lick that stupid dictator jammehs feet people like you will rote in hell thunder fire will burn you and your entire generation, you all are evil doer and god shall make you pay for all the cruelty you’ve done to innocent people
you what ever you call yourselve you have no idea what you are talking, you just wanted to open your dirty stinking mouth to talk without no reason. you are rats that lick that stupid dictator jammehs feet people like you will rote in hell thunder fire will burn you and your entire generation, you all are evil doer and god shall make you pay for all the cruelty you’ve done to innocent people
Blah, Blah, Blah, Mr. Sam Sarr! Only SIX FACTS matter as of now:-
Fact 1: Adama Barrow WON election.
Fact 2: Jammeh CONCEDED that Jammeh LOST election and Adama Barrow won election.
Fact 3: World congratulated Adama Barrow and Jammeh for peaceful election.
Fact 4: Then, Jammeh turned around and REJECTED election.
Fact 5: World REJECTS Jammeh’s rejection of election.
Fact 6: Senegal, Ecowas, AU, UN, USA, EU all maintain that Adama Barrow WILL BE the LEGITIMATE PRESIDENT after 18th January 2017.
End of, Sam Sarr – Dida Halake aka (Luntango Suun Gann Gi)
you what ever you call yourselve you have no idea what you are talking, you just wanted to open your dirty stinkibg mouth to talk without no reason. you are rats that lick that stupid dictator jammehs feet people like you will rote in hell thunder fire will burn you and your entire generation, you all are evil doer and god shall make you pay for all the cruelty you’ve done to innocent people
Simply don’t waste your time reading this piece of trash. These idiots ruin our country for those their own benefit. Why can’t you simply accept the fact that we are fed up of Jammeh and APRC government ? I used to admire Jammeh and I grateful for the outgoing government but it is time for change and we have to realize that presidency is not owned and one must serve on a limited basis. After 22 years it is enough , greediness never brings peace and tranquility.
Enablers such as your self ,who don’t want to let go of power for your own selfish reasons is the reason why Africa du musa dehm.I’m sure you know that come January 18th all you idiots will be out of Jobs and that is your only concern.You better stay in America!!
Africa is tired of Dictatorship ,there is nothing extra that Jammeh can do in the next 5 years that he could not do in 22 years.22 YEARS!!!!Dafa Doye!!!Lu opah turu!!!The Gambian living in the Gambia sonah nanh.I guess he hasn’t locked your ass up in mile 2 yet.
Mr. Sarr, you are a disgrace to humanity. We the Gambians have voted and make a choice. That choice should be respected.
I have done voluntary work in Gambia for 5 years after going as a tourist and falling in love with the country and beautiful people. The military tyranny in this country was a dark cloud that hung over the country 24 7 365. You could see the fear in the eyes of the people everywhere. The country has been ruled with the gun since that idi aminish paranoid psychopath took power with the gun 22 years ago. Thank God this fat imbecile`s days are numbered. Goodbye you brutal ugly fool dressed up as a human being ! You like all will reap what you have sown. Mr Sarr is one of his whores.
Mr. Sarr, you are a disgrace to humanity. We the Gambians have voted and made a choice. That choice should be respected.
I use to have lots of respect for Samsudeen Sarr but have lost it all. I remember reading your book titled “Meet me in Conakry” with pride and amusement. Wished you had continued that path instead of getting your self into global politics for the more you speak the dummer you sound. I have not only Viktor Emil Frankl’s book you recommended but took a class on it.
Like most of us out in the diaspora, the ultimate goal in life is to go back to our sweet smiling home one day after working so hard, dealing with racism, illegal immigrants you name it… But when that one common mother land we share, is screaming so loud for help that every corner of earth resonating to that echo, you should be ashamed for not only predicting that Jammeh would win but also for trying to back his poor and humiliating choices. Just like Jammeh who conceded one week and nullified the other week, so have shown the same skills by writing against him when it was convenient and in favor of him when it was not. About time you shot your big mouth till you figure out where the truth lies first and not write just for writing shake.
I use to have lots of respect for Samsudeen Sarr but have lost it all. I remember reading your book titled “Meet me in Conakry” with pride and amusement. Wished you had continued that path instead of getting your self into global politics for the more you speak the dumber you sound. I have not only Viktor Emil Frankl’s book you recommended but took a class on it.
Like most of us out in the diaspora, the ultimate goal in life is to go back to our sweet smiling home one day after working so hard, dealing with racism, illegal immigrants you name it… But when that one common mother land we share, is screaming so loud for help that every corner of earth resonating to that echo, you should be ashamed for not only predicting that Jammeh would win but also for trying to back his poor and humiliating choices. Just like Jammeh who conceded one week and nullified the other week, so have shown the same skills by writing against him when it was convenient and in favor of him when it was not. About time you shot your big mouth till you figure out where the truth lies first and not write just for writing shake.
I correct my mistake on author for “meet me in conakry” Sheriff Sarr not Sam Sarr.
I correct my mistake on author for “meet me in conakry” Sheriff Sarr not Sam Sarr.
Digging through your record clear shows what you hiding.
Every Gambian should read this about Samsudeen Sarr:
http://fatunetwork.net/2016/08/04/chilling-tales-of-brutality-in-gambias-torture-chambers-how-security-forces-used-razor-blades-to-cut-off-the-nipple-of-balo-kanteh/
“Gambia’s current Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Mr Samsudeen Sarr was named by Balo Kanteh as one of the top security officers at the time who presided over their torture. Balo said during one of their torture sessions, Mr Sarr in the company of Mr Baboucarr Jatta, the Armed Forces Chief Defence Staff at the time, used his military boots to stamp on his private parts and kicked him several times on the rip and other parts of his body. Balo said Mr Sarr who was the deputy head of the Armed Forces at the time was only restrained by his boss Baboucarr Jatta.
My fellow citizens, please we should not pay too much attention to Samsudeen and his people. everything they have been telling us defer commonsense. They are bad losers, irrelevant, immoral, out of touch with average Gambians and looking for attention or recognition. Remember, they are delusional above all there is no light for them at the end of the tunnel. People talking about new Gambia they live in the past. Too late! They cannot understand that this country Gambia is bigger than any one person that they wish to worship. They cannot accept that the time has come for them to stop insulting our intelligence believing we are stupid. They are going very low at the moment let’s go high.
Mr Sarr you are a total disgrace to your nature.
Sometimes one wonders where xxxxx starts and when xxxxxx stops. Jammeh has already had a lot of wealth put away, probably owns most of the businesses with family and associates in Gambia, has a beautiful family, and is still young to walk away peacefully to enjoy the loot.
Remember you are a very small nation almost like a province of Senegal, you do not have the military might to stop external forces coming in to set Jammeh straight. There is no guarantee that the small army you have will completely support the decision he has decided to take. Advice him. He will be forced out if he refuses and charges including the 44 Ghanaians he slaughtered will be brought up including numerous other charges against my fellow Gambians. A word to the wise is enough. Take it or leave it.
Samsudeen, oh Allah forgive me for what I want to tell the buffoon, can u pls explain to me what meds are u on to be this evil, u should be ashamed of yourself, u born for nothing piece of garbage, enemy of progress, scumbag & evil child u are u.
I am so ashame to identify u as a Gambia, born from a camel & feed from a big, u nasty piece of shit, I really don’t have the right words to discribe u as anything I want to say is just too little for u. U make me sick, coward & ignorant scumbag! Rot in hell with ur Dictator Jammeh.
Samsedeen come shame on to you. where you and Mamar cham not the first to conduct s coup attempt on this regime? You said you were lucky to be here on election day but are you aware that; that rectification of the result were accepted by your party reps? You are scared that you are about to loose your position. Remember the ten days granted by the constitution elapses and the constitutional coup you planning is tresonable charge. IEC is of clear concept and check out with your party polling agents from Basse end before makong fool of yourself. Primary result are intact. The error comes at tabuation period and to blame the IEC for an error made by less than seven people is a gross injustice to the injustice.
Also all those denied of voting is base on the constitutional act. The electoral act has it that any individual whose names doesnt appear on the voter list should not be allowed to vote. All those names that were not captured a double registration culprit. The commission forgive them and I feel they should been prosecuted that would have save the day. Also remember that this act was amended by APRC dominated MPs’. Were they incapable or short sighted when making such laws. I understand the distress you and your likes are going through.
Coming to the appeal process. You limited knowledge of the constitution you are protecting as an ambassador is a shame. Your leader has sack all the Judges at the high court since march and these are judges who should be there to listen to the claims. Your party is now trying to rush in Nigerians Judges to review IECs’ result. I can assure you that we are oblige by constitution not to attend such hence the ten days given by the constitution elapses.
Regarding the wages of the soldiers and their peace keeping dues; Is the worst in the continent. please! You cant fool us. What about the deductions we face after returning and burial rights. $50,000.00 why has this has to be reverse from dollars to dallasis. Also why has tribalist has to be fravalent in the selection process. This has now get even in the recruitment process. Why also has the army has to be harbouring senegalese rebels. Sarr save yourself from what is clear to the man on the street. Why has the army full of illiterates and foriegners? we want an army to defend the constitutions with condusive conditions with better pays. You cant you stupid rethorics to let this boys risk their lives on baseless issues. Already, senegalese commandos are at Tubakuta on standby. Also Kartong and Farafeni attack fines you in the army. We have seen boys running for their lives. You never leave your office to help them out. Now! guess what is on plan. We all have spare clothing should incase the going get tough. We will not put up a fight to any intervention. We are demoralised by priortising foriegners over us. They are better equipped than us. Advice your mentor to step aside because the senegalese are coming for their rebels he habour and armed here. We know them and we are ready to give them ul
them up.
You lot are backing a wrong horse and we are sworned to defend the constitution and beloyal to the government of the day. That government is what IEC announces as the person elected to serve the country as president. That is Adama Barrow and we acting on their advices of January mandate.
Lt. …….. B
Thank you personal GNG, I hope we have more servicemen and women like you in our security. I can sleep better tonight, we the civilians are confused and afraid not knowing if the army will us. May Allah the Almighty protect us all
Sam sarr you just a pussy hole who don’t know what you doing to your family out there
Sarr u are nothing but a evil n a big disgrace to your own nation…just immaging people’s are trying to stabilise peace in our country u want to bring another varse…n you Sam Sarr don’t thing that you are save (hell no) remember that now is pay back time n don’t forget what you did to mballo kanteh…he s well train again and very strong he will come and and kick your body ass. Stupid man u are a very big fool n a sai-taan
We want a Government that will respect human rights and rule of Law. No dictator.
Do we need the armed forces in the future? I’m afraid after all this, another fool would try to put us in hell again. May the lord help us.
I think it will be better to either disband and restructure the Gambia army where enlistment qualifications are raised to a higher standard, good high school grades(no school dropouts), limit the number of enlistment , provide better education, salary and good incentives.
Gambia does not a need a large army, all we need is a professional army , who are educated , understand civil rights and democracy.
What utter crawling drivel, you are so far up the dictator’s back side you have lost all grip on reality. The whole world can see the truth here and yet you a supposedly educated and intelligent man can not see the suffering of your nation and the obvious truth all around you. Contemptible.
This sarr guy has no shame at all , he is stupid ,ignorant and a devil.
if silly Jammeh don’t step down by 1st January , LIKE DUNAL TRUMP SAID, he will died like Guadafi
Mr Sarr, your morale compass is so messed up, how the hell are you able to find the door to exit your house? You are the type of irresponsible “intellectual” who utilises his knowledge for selfish, dark deeds and utterances. You should be enlightening your fellow Gambians, particularly these unprecedented times. History and Allah will judge you.
You deserve to succeed president jammeh,all correct what you said.
Love you forever,it should be clean and clear wuthout doubt.
Thanks personal GNG, error do occur in vote counting. It does happen in all elections globally. Mr. Njie- the Election Commissioner is a honest and credible man to detect those errors, made them known and rectified it. Even after the votes were tabulated and tallied correctly, the opposition still won.
Ebou, you are right we should have a term limit-2 terms at 10yrs max. This would limit the temptation of corruption, military coup, and power gripped.
Ebou, you are right we should have a term limit-2 terms at 10yrs max. This would limit the temptation and likelihood of corruption, military coup, and power gripped.
Sam Sarr you are a big disgrace to humanity but you will go down with jammeh. Gambians will never forgive you and you will rotten in hell by the grace of God. You have just exposed your slavery to jammeh and ignorance.
At the end of the current political crossroad in The Gambia, we should urgently focus seriously on producing and exoporting, supported by the best infrastructure. Can we fully developed agriculture to improve the life of farmers and reduced the cost of food. How about an attractive agriculture to involve many of our unemployed youth?
That’s the grim light of our decisions. Jollofnews has deliberately deleted my posting simply because I wrote about the paradoxical statements posted on line by some contributors.
I believe my postings didn’t go down well with JOLLOFNEWS thus warranting its deletion. But is that the true face of DEMON—CRACY that you so much villify President Jammeh of?
I’m not a politician but a true Gambian democratic patriot.
I think Sam Sarr has spoken his mind as much as those who voted for Barrow and President Jammeh respectively. We can’t blame any of those voters for casting their votes for Barrow or Jammeh in their legitimate exercise of the franchise neither should we CURSE, ABUSE and address Mr Sarr with nasty vituperative language. He’s only exercising his democratic right, as much as the 1st December voters. He’s a Gambian!
Let’s learn and live with the true virtues of DEMOCRACY, that we tend to yearn for.
Thank you natu,those people are just for no reason,hatred can never take us forward but backward?all that sam sarr is saying is nothing but the whole truth,good citizens like you and sarr are the people we beed in this country.Such error have never happened in any history of any election in the world,they are ignorance if the fact tgat no ine would IEC a competent body to create such a confusions,coalition were even afraid that IEC would bias,am surprised how my fellow Gambia talk like this even if you hate Jammeh,am disappointed with the way the people sideline the fact tgat tge IEC are and never expect tgem to count two different result of national election in two different dates within a week,i believed IEC could have known far more better to vet and veryfy with whatever time it may take them tabulate before any declaration to avoid confusion,they should jnow better,am mad when people never mention to the wholw world the reason why Jammeh have to reject,such kind of crookssss.
Natu, I am not a Gambian but your short contribution suggests that you share Mr. Sarr’s position and this is very sad. Tell me in what country in a civilized world is one man allowed to lead for 22 years. I am really disappointed in you. So your meaning of democracy is one man sitting in office till death because people like you are benefitting from him, ? I just advise you and Jammeh to vacate office quietly, its no longer business as usual in Africa. There will be international military intervention in Gambia and the experience of Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein and Sgt Doe will be a child play, I advised you.
Bullshit sarr Gambians don’t need stupid,greedy dull minded people like you,jammeh or his other minions…. Your misguided souls will one day rot in hell I swear… Hell to you and to anyone like you…. I hate you bullshit samsudeen sarr
The harder you address your contending issues, the harder you find solutions. Allah helps and guides humble and peaceful people in their quest to solve thrilling and intriguing problems.
For a very long time we have been insulting and abusing each other as if that would solve our problems. It only reflects our lack of conscentious maturity to tackle our problems.
When will we learn that insulting Sam Sarr, President Jammeh, Adama Barrow or any individual per se will only incense furor and never solve problems?
I strongly believe we can resolve our current political impasse without resorting to insults, abuses or arms. It needs time, maturity and square-headedness.
He is hoping APRC will regain power and reinstate him.
I wonder if Africa would ever be a continent of abundance where all its children’s” can enjoy. We are a continent rich in natural resources, intelligent and smart people. But apsolute greed, selfishness, and disregard for one another will always be an obstruction to progress. Think about it!
All I wanna point out to shameless Sarr is that the IEC before and that of now are under two different management,while the former management was a puppet to jammeh, this latter is a lion.Please analyse before you writes.Also you telling us how jammeh promoted tribalism in the Gambia by empowering both the Gambian and cassamance jolas.This is all jammeh has been doing for the past 22years, coupled with the killings, extra judicial executions,maiming, raping, and looting of our national coffer.Sam Sarr, you are definitely one ignorant diplomat.I always says to peoples when I heard that you defected that IF ONLY E COULD WAIT A LITTLE LONGER. You were one of us, but because you are an opportunist, you cannot help but to go back to jammeh camp BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT THIS FIGHT WILL NEVER BE WON…SHAME ON YOU
If we allow Senegalaise to come between us then we will be labelled as ‘fools of the century ‘
Shame to Gambians
Stupid Idiots
We defend your right to say whatever you wish. However, isn’t it an obligation to declare any conflict of interest?
It is mentioned that you were in the army. Obviously, you feel ex-army knows best the military folks are chosen and anointed by God to lead. What a load of malarkey!
The other point. Are you still on his payroll? Just an issue with full disclosure.
You must be stupid if you like tell him to stay with his tiny army by January god will show you he is the king of Gambia not your fat belly president that ruled for 22 years
please what is crunt situation in gambia i want go there again , but that president is creating problem by refusing will of gambians ,,, please up date me and i want come direct after new presidend (Elected) come in ofice ,,, ,,
winter from swiss
It is sad but the Gambia is full of EDUCATED FOOLS – all opportunist. They are never for Country, but for themselves. Wait and see until the new government is formed – it would be the same old s–t. Minister will be the same old faces we knew, these great intellects will never be statesmen “Adviser” to the young ones (whom me need to lead the third republic), but will be eager to take hold of a post – to fill up their pockets. No one wants to be criticized – wants no advise (they know better) – not innovative – not progressive. This is what we see in our society everyday, unless we restructure our ways of administering our government, progress will never be achieve. A nation of 2 million people cannot sustain itself in the modern age is incomprehensive.
@ John, you have indeed highlighted a vital point . I hope this 3rd Republic under Adama Barrow, shall be a Government with a difference. Remember this, Gambia have never ever gone thru this kind of political change and I am sure, the coalition government must know this. If they decided to follow the old systems, I have no doubt, we will let them know and change must take effect. This is New Gambia and I am hopeful, the change shall be a good one for all. Let us give them a chance…
John Smith, I completely agree with you——–Thanks brother
Sarr, maybe you should go and join Yaya Jammeh at State House and die together. You are not only stupid but a very selfish individual. People like you, should never be holding positions in any government because all you cares about is your personal gains and your knowledge is very limited. You and Yaya are in the same boat…thick in head!
Yaya Jammeh lost the elections fair and square and if you do not like it, you can go and join him in hell…that is his next home! The people of the Gambia have spoken. Have you not seen how people rejoiced the victory from Koina to Karton. 22 years, no one can ever say anything in Gambia. If you do, you either disappeared or got killed. Economically, we are backward. Everything in Gambia belongs to Yaya and anything one would wanted to do, Yaya must have an interest in. Our Judiciary system is a joke in Africa! Yaya brought in Nigerian “so-called judges” and they just screwed up the system and its principalities. The stupid low thinking killers “Jungullars”, for Yaya conducted the most evil manners of killing innocent Gambians. All these shall come to light. Perhaps, Sarr, you scared what Gambians shall all come to know about the roles you played in Yaya`s government. Whatever is done in darkness must one day comes to light. You, Sarr just like Yaya Jammeh, must face justice. Your stupid excuses in the article written changed NOTHING…Yaya lost the elections and on the 19th January, God willing, we shall open a new chapter in the history of our beloved country and Adama Barrow shall be our president!
What you don’t understand, Jamme’s overthrowing the PPP government is a treason and criminal act, that enable him to the power for 22 years, not the real willing of the Gambians, so when the first step was wrong the whole 22 years were wrong.
I am a nigeria and I want to say: if the president has anything against the election result he is free to challenge it at a competent court but however must vacate office Jan 19th. He has no power to nullify an election he is part of. That is shameful and biased. Follow through path of honour or go the GBAGBO way. Nigerians, ecowas and the rest of the world are with you Gambian.
Dear brothers and sisters I wish you all a marry Christ mass and a happy new year. GOD bless The Islamic Republic of The Gambia. The best country in the whole of the world. We are indeed doing well here in our homeland.
Trawally, i’m sure you and your friends embezzle large amount of public funds—no wonder you are indeed doing well, or may be you are suffering and afraid to admit it.
your justifications are null and void… the Gambia has decided, your justifications are hilarious
hello fellow Gambians,
Remember that God is watching over us in this crucial time of our lives. What is politics to destroy the lives of innocent people and their properties? If the contending parties cannot solve their problems peacefully then we the voters are ready to go back to the polls and vote transparently who we wish to work for us. message to Senegal and the ECOWAS, we do not wish to see anyone come in and destroy lives and properties in the name of intervention. We Gambian Voters are ready to sacrifice our hard earned incomes to go back to the polls rather to see the lives of our innocent people lost in the name of dirty politics. long live The Gambia long live the peaceful and tolerant and exceptional people of The Gambia. Gambians loves each other would not standby to see the politicians destroy lives and properties of our dear and peaceful motherland The Gambia.
xxxxxxxxxxx In your previous posting you were very critical of The Gambia diaspora, accusing them of stealing the Gambian public funds and fled. You also accused them of bribing the electoral commission to steal the election and now they want to come back for their balls be crushed. Now you talking sense about loving each other.
Most of the Gambian diaspora left because of poverty and they are from poor families. They work hard and save to migrate for a good job to help their families back home. Most of them has been working hard and going school and want to come back someday to contribute to the national development with the little money and knowledge they bring along. Most of them are not corrupt and they are “not thiefs” they never even work for the government at home to be accused of corruption . Many of them worked for many years saving and migrate.
We want Gambia to prosper and the whole of Africa as well. What we dont want is the abuse of power and subjugating your own brothers and sisters just because they disagree. I hope we will continue to see a prosperous Gambia and Africa, with real freedom and rule of law.
IF there’s anyone using politics to OPPRESS, TORTURE, MAIM, RAPE, MURDER humanity in Gambia it’s the EVIL kanilai yaya killer devil Jammeh for 22 Blood-drenched BARBARIC DARK years…
Nobody is ever interested in playing “politics to kill Gambians”; not now &/ ever before July 1994; as being claimed by this CRIMINAL xxxx; you are the EVIL DEVIL Fellow Enablers (ALMUNAFIQ) “who will be dealt God’s wrath” as foretold in the Qur’an…
There’ll be NO “going back to the polls” again; Gambia have DECIDED on December 1st; President Adama Barrow will be swearing in on February 19; NO amount of DEVILLING &/ MANIPULATIVE tendencies will reverse that…
EVIL DEVIL yaya Jammeh will be done a “FODAY UQQAT” again IF the kanilai KILLER DEVIL continues squatting at State House at expiry of mandate; God is WITH Gambia & Humanity at large; IT’S EITHER the Gambians Peasantry population’s verdict OR the highway; the choice is the kanilai DEVIL’s & the EVIL FIEFDOM Criminal Mercenaries Enablers; Insha Allah…
Long live the Gambia…
RECTIFICATION Please
– President Adama Barrow will be swearing in on January 19; I meant to say
I belief sincerely that education is power. I also strongly belief that being able to communicate with people is power. As a result, one of the main goals of all great men of this planet,should be to encourage people to empower themselves. Let this piece guide both the outgoing and incoming Presidents.
I think is now time for all Peaceful Gambian to stand up for peace and speak out with one voice, The people of Gambia have spoken through the ballot , one of the most transparent election in the world . The world was so proud of the decision the native Gambian had made by election Adama Barrow as president , because 22 years of tyrannic ruled , no human rights laws, one man holding the decision of the people instead of the constitution , what a shame to Sam Sarr , is he not a realist, a fast thinker, a man that was bore by a woman, speaking as those he has lost his senses.
May The Almighty God bless Gambia
May the Almighty God bless the Peace loving people of Gambia and
May the Almighty God bless President -Elect Adama Barrow
Thanks, I do belive the Gambia constitution it’s all we need do have this quistion resolved and have a second round of elections
there no need to contest the result has both candidates none of then got 50% plus one vote to won the elections
the Gambia constituting part 3 number 3 it’s clear that if no candidate has more than 50% of votes casted there should be a new election even if it it was the only candidate has none of them have more than 50% it’s clear that it’s should be a new elections
I do like all of you people to go and read the Gambia constitution notwithstanding that there may be only one candidate
nominated for election.
(2) Where a nominated candidate dies between nomination day
and polling day, the Independent Electoral Commission
shall appoint a new nomination day and, if necessary, a
new day or days for the election.
(3) No person shall be elected as President on a first ballot
unless the votes cast in his or her favour at the election are
more than fifty per cent of the total number of votes validly
cast at that election.
(4) If, on a first ballot, there was only one candidate and he or
she fails to obtain the percentage of the votes validly cast as
specified in subsection (3), new nomination and election
days shall be appointed, if, at the close of nominations for a
second ballot,
(a) there is only one candidate nominated, he or she
shall be declared to have been duly elected
President,
(b) there are more than one candidate nominated, a
second ballot shall be held.
(5) If, on the first ballot, there were two or more candidates, a
second ballot shall be held within fourteen days between
the two candidates who received the highest number of
votes validly cast at the first ballot. In the event that more
than two candidates received equally the highest number or
second highest number of votes, all of them shall
participate in the second ballot.
(6) On a second ballot, the candidate, who receives the highest
number of votes shall be declared to have been duly elected
President.
Challenge to 49. Any registered political party which has participated in the
election of a President Presidential election or an independent candidate who has
participated in such an election may apply to the Supreme Court to
determine the validity of the election of a President by filling a
petition within ten days of the declaration of the result of the
election.
Luis felix
http://www.accessgambia.com/information/constitution.html
Mr. Saar your exercise was very laborious but vain. Please don’t drag Senegal in the situation in Gambia. This equation is simple. It is an election in a democratic country that was won by Mr. Barrow. As such, he should given the opportunity to rule Gambia. Any other pretense or trying to find excuses is nothing else than dishonesty. Now, we all know that Yayah Jammeh is not a good leader. He was not one, has never been one, and will never be one. How can you be a leader of a nation and insult the Mandingo in Gambia? How can you be a good leader and violates the rights of another country by supporting a rebellion that is causing harm because they are form your ethnic group. How can you be a good leader when the strongest desire of your constituents is to see go and you refuse? Jammeh is nothing less than a phony. He is disgrace for Gambia and for all the black people. When you look at that clown with his disguise and his kilometric name, you wonder how this movie character can lead a country for so long. He call himself Ehadji that he is not. Doctor without any university degree not even Bachelor. Mr. Clown Babili Mansa ….lol. Leave Senegal alone and don’t try to divert the problem. We Senegalese, we see Gambians as brothers and sisters separated by colonizers. The only people attempting to see division between Senegal and Gambia are people like you and Jammeh that are incompetent to the core, lacking substance, and intellectually limited. Yayah Jammeh you should be ashamed of yourself. The lives of people that you have killed and/or helped killed will not be vain. You will be prosecuted inshalah
Standing with Jammeh now is standing with nothing. The stand you can give the man is to accompany him to exile or in the least share with him a sentence in the event he is haunted by his past deeds and gaoled.
This Sarr guy has enjoyed the Jamme boots so can engage in some myopic monologue that despicable portray him as a groveling disciple of sycophancy. He will look the other way as his master slaughtered thousands on the alter of some crazy revolution which created a schism of haves and have-nots. Why would he not pontificate on why Jamme should not accept election results? He was rewarded with a diplomatic posting and lived an affluent life somewhere so Gambians are nonentities. A miscreant who opens his dirty mouth to spit such garbage should be sent to the gallows. Is he an intellectual or a moron? Bankrupt of sanity, Sarr should spare Gambians the stupid analogies.
Traits left behind are very IMPORTANT ones. Only one kingdom is eternal, Allah almighty’s. Let us unite and think ahead! Rebuild Gambia!!!
Excellent article sir, too deep for most people to understand but that is how the real world is running, money run things. Gambians have been wrapped in cotton wool for the last 22 years, now Gambia is under heavy military rule and will be for years to come, infact I would go as far to say The Great Gambia now belongs to Sengal, ECOWAS is heavily armed,
Funding smells of George
soros and crew(globalist) the real issue with the election was The Gambian oil, Which the deal was signed away January 2017 in Dakar, if any body knows details please elaborate http://www.hermes-sojitz.com/our-news/