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admin
130 Posts |
 Posted - 02 Nov 2007 : 01:09:23
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Poll Question:
What do think about a president with sweeping powers over local government representatives?
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| 1. President needs absolute power to rule. |
 [5%] |
2 votes |
| 2. Will nullify purpose of local elections. |
[7.5%] |
3 votes |
| 3. President becomes corrupt and dictates. |
[30%] |
12 votes |
| 4. No power to the people. |
[25%] |
10 votes |
| 5. People become better governed. |
[0%] |
0 votes |
| 6. Constitution is grossly manipulated. |
[7.5%] |
3 votes |
| 7. Democracy is compromised. |
[5%] |
2 votes |
| 8. It is a dangerous fusion of power. |
[12.5%] |
5 votes |
| 9. Should have been subject to referendum. |
[5%] |
2 votes |
| 10. It does not matter. |
[2.5%] |
1 votes |
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Poll Status:
Locked »» |
Total Votes: 40 counted »» |
Last Vote:
12 Dec 2007 09:24:32 |
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Karamba
United Kingdom
3820 Posts |
Posted - 02 Nov 2007 : 21:35:17
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Fellow Gambians,
How can a whole nation accept being fooled in day light? Yahya Jammeh will never be civil enough to accept that Gambians prefer democracy to this senseless greedy conduct. The truth is that Gambians have to take all the blame. It is still nice to let one person play his wicked heart and hand with everyone pretending to be fine. Know it or not, the way Gambians think of matters is not what Yahya is thinking. For Yahya, he has succeeded by placing heavy weapons in the hands of his fellow Jola bandits he calls an army. Next he fools around calling for elections to baffle others. Now he assumes he has his heavy weight thrown on all of you. Frankly, this man is thinking in a different way. Before you know how bad everything goes, your generation is gone.
Some times it is fitting to count that Gambians deserve this because of the serious pretends. Welcome to night life in Kanilai, free food, free drink, and free transport. |
Karamba |
Edited by - Karamba on 03 Nov 2007 12:54:13 |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 02 Nov 2007 : 22:28:33
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Karamba
Your opening phrase "Fellow Gambians" reminds of Jawara. I hope you were not his speech writer |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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Galo Sowe
Sweden
116 Posts |
Posted - 02 Nov 2007 : 23:02:54
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| The opposition should just boycott the coming local government elections and let him have it all for himself. Why have elections when he can fire the elected representatives? |
"Soldiers are experts at camouflage but that is on the battle field not the political one, were transparency is the watch word" Kaaniba |
Edited by - Galo Sowe on 02 Nov 2007 23:04:38 |
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Karl
136 Posts |
Posted - 03 Nov 2007 : 10:46:47
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The consequences of this amendment can only bring about serious decline in peoples power and strengthened the bull's case to takeover our sovereignity. I agreed with Karamba, Gambians are to be blamed for this. In my view, accepting this kind of polical hijack for any longer without collective popular objection and outright boycott to this regime will be the biggest single betrayal of our generation. There is need for swift and sweeping changes in out political stands from all sectors, the oppositions, civil service, media and legal associations and the entire citizenry in the diaspora to get out acts together inorder to avoid a catastrophic political turmoil that Jammeh is selfishly driving us through.
Keeping mute with this situation can only expose our Gambian weakness further and we have to only blame ourselves considering the current political and social conditions we're facing at home and abroad. The facts are there for us to make that self assessment and look into what we already knew about this man's self-centred political manipulation of our peoples rights. Lets come out of this self-denial and deception. Our collective action is becoming long over due and for that matter far below expectation and the only outcome will be collective doom for our generation and that is going to be a total dowturn for even the next generations to follow us. They shall never forgive us. |
"People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster" J Baldwin |
Edited by - Karl on 03 Nov 2007 10:55:54 |
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Karamba
United Kingdom
3820 Posts |
Posted - 03 Nov 2007 : 13:12:31
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Kondorong,
I have a great passion for Gambia and seeing a whole country dragged to the ditch is a concern. No, I am not one of Jawara's speech writers. It is a coincidence mine reads like their's. This bandit Yahya Jammeh is abusing Gambian tolerance beyond the norm. We are looking at a diametrically opposite picture with Jammeh. He thinks his idols are fulfilling RIGHT by him possessing Gambia and all that therein. Gambians are still in the 70s and 80s when politics was only a matter of pass-go. Here we are now, with a dear price to pay. Deep in the narrow mind of Jammeh, he knows that the game he plays is not sustainable. It does not matter to him so long as he opens the doors to steal, and to let his associates steal. To them, this is an end to their poverty and degradation. For now, they have all the wherewithals of life that their whole ancestry could not attain. Even if there is war to consume the whole of Gambia, Yahya and his club of bandits believe they have gained access to the means of beating poverty and destitution. That is their reason for taking up arms and settling around the thick bushes of Cassamance Kanilai. Now that they have robbed the nation this far, the next level is to cause war and hunger for rest of Gambia. That is the current thinking of Jammeh. Let anyone stand to deny that, the floor is open, caps in the ring. |
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Dalton1
3485 Posts |
Posted - 08 Nov 2007 : 04:54:07
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quote:
Originally posted by Karamba
...He thinks his idols are fulfilling RIGHT by him possessing Gambia and all that therein...
Karamba,
Righ! right there!! right therein!!!
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"There is no god but Allah (SWT); and Muhammad (SAW)is His last messenger." shahadah. Fear & Worship Allah (SWT) Alone! (:
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Karamba
United Kingdom
3820 Posts |
Posted - 11 Dec 2007 : 23:56:48
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Dalton1,
"I will make poverty history in Gambia", says Jammeh (Taiwan-December 2007). This confirms the notion that for him to ascend from the destitution of abject poverty to the murky clouds of being filthy rich with dirty money makes him set the bells ringing that Gambia is sweet. "Politics is a dirty game"- (Jammeh, Gambia, July 1994) "I am not a politician, I am a servant of the people.........." Good Lord, save Gambia from the cruel ruins of evil. |
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 12 Dec 2007 : 00:19:03
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Related Bantaba Gambian Politics topic: Local Government Elections 2008 under http://www.gambia.dk/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4534
Why was above topic isolated as ONE-MAN SHOW on this forum
How many thousands of Gambian literates and intellectuals do we have on-line as only very few are VOCAL ON THIS VERY! VERY! IMPORTANT! BAD PRECEDENT AND SELL-OUT BY AN OPPORTUNIST GOVERNMENT TOWARDS LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION 2008.
LACK OF SOLIDARITY AND DYNAMIC LEADERSHIPS BY SOME OPPOSITION PARTIES ARE BIG SET-BACKS FOR THE GAMBIA OUR HOMELAND! |
Edited by - kobo on 12 Dec 2007 00:26:33 |
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jambo
3300 Posts |
Posted - 12 Dec 2007 : 09:27:20
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| for heaves sake, iam reading some of these postings, are you really telling me that opposition parties are not organised, THEY ONLY HAVE THEMSELVES TO BLAME when things go wrong. re read the posting local governemnt elections 2008 posted in October 2008. |
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