Opinion

Gambia: Open Letter To President Jammeh And His Henchmen

President Jammeh

(JollofNews) – Dear Mr President,

When you conceded to Adama Barrow last week, the entire world celebrated your gesture as appropriate and honorable.

A week later, you rescind your words in the same office and through the same medium you announced your concession.

We judge presidents by their actions and the specific expectations they ask to be measured against such as empathy, integrity, wisdom, and honesty.

Dictators as we know them, are seldom men of integrity and through your actions you clearly showed Gambians and the rest of the world a shortage of candor and integrity.

You choose two roles in every leadership: you are either sunshine to the plant or you become saltwater to the roots, and for the last 22 years you were the saltwater. The only thing right about your leadership was your pride and ego.

Adama Barrow was declared winner by Gambia’s electoral commission

You and your family represent all that has gone wrong in our nation, and Gambians have decided you are no longer anything worthy of praise.

Whilst Gambians fell into deep poverty, you were busy with power and hanging your portraits in all govt offices.

Whilst mothers and children died on their hospital beds, you were consumed with trivial things, putting your name and image on billboards and lamp poles along the streets.

Whilst countless Gambian youths have perished on the backway, your family was jetting freely around the world at the expense of the Gambian taxpayers.

Mr President, by your defiance and mercurial attitude you disengaged our country from the international community and brought us nothing but shame and ridicule.

It is apparent now to even the young children on the streets that you do not have a sophisticated understanding of diplomacy neither do you have the capacity or wisdom to differentiate facts from fiction.

Mr President, this campaign period should be a clear manifestation to you and your surrogates that Gambians have long awoken from their slumber.

For so long we’ve lived in fear. Today Gambians have learned from the rest of the free world that we are perception creators, and if we have a problem with the way our leaders see us or treat us, we have the power to change it. Unlike many who have gone down the road of violence, Gambians chose the only route they know best – the democratic process and the peaceful ballot.

Hope you are reminded of your slogan from that fate Friday of July the 22nd, 1994 – “Power to the People!” Gambians have spoken, and I hope you do the right thing and respect the will and power of the masses. There is no second coming here. A wise man knows his limitations and does not pick a fight which he has a slim chance of winning. This is not a battle you will win sir.

To members of the security and armed forces, please remain neutral. Honor your oath and code of conduct to protect the interest of The Gambian nation first.

Jammeh’s regime is over, and the only tactic left in his arsenal is to create carnage and destruction in our country. As soldiers, be reminded in the rules of engagement there is a clear line between obedience to authority and illegal behavior.

If suicide is Jammeh’s choice and means of checking out of this situation, then please let him go alone. Don’t die for him. Be reminded of the African wisdom that “only a stupid fly follows the dead body in the grave.”

Long Live The Gambia! Long Live Peace!

6 Comments

  1. Yaya jammed did lot of bad thing
    But he did so many good things too
    Nobody is perfect
    But he did is best
    And everybody know
    That to much power n money
    Bring you to crazyness
    I m a toubab I ve been in Gambia since 2004 the first time they was no electricity ,no road they was very little school they was. Not much water pump no internet, they was almost no nothing there . I know very well I ve been cycling from Banjul to basse santo n back from janjanburer to Barra .he did more than any other president in the west Africa. Him himself had very little education
    And look what he did in 22yaers of hard work when he was rulling the country . How many African man did what he did in west Africa . Yes he is responsible of many dead Gambian people . But how many dead people are responsible America .french,Spanish,Europe, China, in a name of freedom n pseudo democracy n I don t talk about African gouvernement ect.. And ect …
    But this man loose the election.
    And what he did! He went himself to reconnize is own defeat himself and congratulate the winner himself on tv n radio to the new president Adama barrow
    Who did that in west Africa in all Africa !! Nobody!nobody! But him yes him! Yaya did it!!!
    So please respect it , even if is hand are not clean at all
    Let Allah judge him
    Not us .
    Us human being , who are we? To judge him! Are we god!
    No! We are not!
    So let him go and stay in peace in peace! I conscience will torture him enough for the rest of is life and the end of is life and only at the end , when he will be dead
    Allah we judge him for what he did n what he did not
    Good luck yaya jammed in front of Allah

  2. Sorry I forgot
    What itch us of would have done it we will have been at his place
    And all my deeply respect to all family and opposant and opposition and doctor n journalist who ve been torture and assassinate by the police of the president yaya jammeth

  3. Again me,I know I m disturbing, but I guess nobody of African president want him to enter of pantheon of African dictator who did understand when is time to retreat, is an example for the futur African president n the African leader , an African youngster , and all dictator of the world, and that the world elite of democracy can t and won t tolerate this kind of self resignAtion
    Some people will think I proper crazy n sick in my head
    But it is a very sad reality in this crazy world of war that we Are living itch and every one of us
    I assume all what I wrote right now n I m ready to take all responsibility of what I did told you n think right now
    Fell free n discuss with me on my email
    Good bye n less struggle together for better world n better leader
    Byebye

  4. Let’s have regards for one another.Let’s us be tolerant, forgiving for the shake of the Almighty God n let’s God alone Judge us. Let’s learn the leadership qualities of the likes of Melson Mandela. Let’s try and reconcile and forgive those who trespass against us to prove man’s brotherhood. Let’s make this world a better place to live for n me and the future generation.

  5. Mandela and william please DO NOT mention God(or Allah) in this matter concerning Jammeh ! This prolem is caused by a human being called’Jammeh’ and should be handled by human beings on Earth and not God.God has too many problems to attend to! NEVER you mention God in a problem that is man made !

    • God’s power is infinite, while this problem is fault of human there is nothing wrong with seeking Gods help .he is not blaming God and God can handle and attend to anything and everything

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