Please be informed that a Press
Secretary is a senior advisor who provides advice on how to deal with the news
media and, using news management techniques, helps his or her employer to
maintain a positive public image and avoid negative media attention.
I was very shocked, amazed,
bowled over, troubled and disappointed beyond all human patience, when I read
the PhD thesis press release from the office of the President as per Hon. Halifa’s
stirring London speech.
It is in that regards I stand on
top of mountain Kilimanjaro to register my total displeasure as far beyond
Pluto. The press release is mathematically calculated and wrongly executed with
the intention of portraying Halifa’s speech at a bad angle of light. Are we in
the area of character assassination?
Presumption of innocence is under
Section 24(3) of the constitution. For your information Mr. Sallah is serving
this country of ours with sincerity, honesty, integrity, passion, courage and
above all love for his country. We The Gambia youth are really proud of Halifa as
he is the only politician who inspire and motivate the youth in politics.
During the time of the impasse
they all ran away to Senegal including Barrow himself. While we were here with
Halifa on the ground who was mediating between the then Jammeh administration
and the citizens. The Gambia would had sink like the Titanic without the timely
intervention of Halifa.
The aforesaid immorality press
release was a hateful fabrication of intolerable huge falsehoods, extreme
dislike, deep-rooted academic and intellectual suicide, calculated and intended
to portray Halifa at an immoral light, and to nastily destroy the dignity and
impeccable integrity, which he is known for.
Please be reminded that Halifa is
clearly exercising his constitutional right of freedom of speech and expression
and his right of academic freedom, which are expressly guaranteed by Section 25
(1)(A) and Section 25(1)(B) respectively, of The Gambia’s 1997 Constitution.
Halifa is a constitutional Prophet who knows what he is doing.
It is a clear testimony that
there was leadership change but no system change. Therefore the next change
must be a system change without any reservation. As coalition government is
less transparent. Because a party has no real chance of forming a government
alone, the manifestos they present to the public become irrelevant and often
wildly unrealistic. Real decisions about political programmes are made after the
election, in a process of secretive back-room negotiation from which the public
is excluded.
I submit to you that the Barrow
lead administration have pressing issues to fix as this is not the Gambia we
dream neither The Gambia we want to see, where the police are fought as a
result of arresting the drug dealers, where teenagers are raped, where crime
rate and arm robbery increases, where view of political differences end at conflict,
where people go to bed without peaceful mind as a result of thieves.
Another batch of top Gambian army
officers have been dismissed. The issue of loyalty to President Adama Barrow
and his government might have been responsible for their purging from the army.
It has been gathered that over 15 officers believed to be loyal to the former
president Jammeh have been shown the exit door.
The affairs of the country are
being mismanaged by the new Government under the leadership of Adama Barrow,
resulting in the country regressing and there are serious concerns arising over
human rights violations consequently taking place.
The Interim APRC Party Leader was
summoned to appear before the Criminal Investigations Bureau (CID) branch at
Kairaba Police station, on Wednesday 4th October 2017 at 11am. The Police
expressed unease with the massive 50,000 people rally planned by the great APRC
for the 28th of October 2017 at the Buffer Zone. The rally, a Launchpad for
APRC's new National Co-coordinating Committee is a first step towards the
party's restructure.
I also want to use this chance to
draw to your kind attention to the frequent breakdowns of electricity in our
locality and the great inconvenience it causes to the residents. It appears,
however, the government is not doing anything to help remedy the situation, and
there are failures of electricity several times in a day. Sometimes, the
current is switched off for several hours in a stretch.
Kanilai bigot the unusual as a
bitter confrontation between the peaceful protesters and Senegalise soldiers at
the entrance of the village letting to blood shell. Resident of the rural
settlement and the Foni environs demanding the immediate evacuation of both the
Gambian and Senegalese soldiers in Kanilai.
What happened to the
investigations on Haruna Jatta's death, what happened to Njie Manneh, a UDP
supporter who recorded a video confessing that he shot a fellow Gambian at
Buffer Zone? What happened to the Think Tank that was lauched? What happened to
the Blue Print?
The University of the Gambia is
also in the verge of sinking as both lecturers and student find it difficult to
access the internet which is a top priority in the world of academia. Since we
are in the 21st century where most of the thing are done through internet I see
no reason why that priority shouldn’t be provided at the UTG. Similarly, there
is no dedicated computer laboratory for UTG students and internet speeds are
slow, limiting downloads.
I must admit that Gambia at the
moment isn't stable and the daily operations of government are gravely
abnormal. We the people, ask the Barrow
administration to effectively work on their investigations instead of detaining
suspects. For instance looking at the NIA9, it is imperative to note that at
the start of the case there was no substantial evidence. Therefore, the
government must take things gradually and cautiously before making any haste
decisions, such actions may lead to dichotomy & chaos in the Gambia. Only
when there is substantial evidence then one must act and hold those accountable.
The Barrow administration is
focusing too much of its attention on bringing down the legacy of Jammeh and
his associates. This energy could be
better focused on trying to develop the economy and repair other areas of
governance. Further the tendency of hiring based on compensation, political
agenda, is an insult to the Gambians both those home and abroad.
We gone those days where citizens
watch their leaders to ruin their country. The real trick to good governance is
to place the needs of the masses above everything else; to lead not just with
words but with action. Actions define priorities. It’s the only way President
Barrow can successfully bring us the long sought dividend of democracy.
NB: I'm not a member of PDOIS..
To be continued…..
By: Saidina Alieu Jarjou
Blogger/Activist
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