THIS WEEK IN THE STRUGGLE ( A look at topics, issues and personalities in The Struggle), VOL. #15, NOVEMBER 6TH TO 13TH 2014: Perhaps we are all edgy, a feeling which normally signifies that something important is in the offing. Not all of us can play the game so well that our brains will not play games on our bodies. The worst thing you can do to yourself in a situation like that is to keep to yourself. More likely than not, you will be depressed to the point of experiencing a breakdown. The best thing you can do for your nerves and health is to move among the people and preferably engage your body and mind. ARRESTATIONS AND DISAPPEARANCES: In The Gambia, one does not have to be a supporter of the opposition to be liable to harassment and intimidation by the notorious National Intelligence Agency (NIA). Once you do not openly support the corrupt and criminal regime, you can be under the radar of the NIA. Thus an increasing number of good citizens and intelligent or highly educated people who easily and naturally rise above the mess of the regime are becoming its targets. The Jammeh dictatorship knows it is rotten inside and outside, so every Gambian that does not take part in its corrupt and dirty politics is a suspect. This phenomenon has been noted in other dictatorships and has mostly been designated as a crisis of confidence. Whereas before its dawn arrests and persecutions of regime opponents would be the ugly norm, the crisis of confidence period is always characterized by lack of trust for the apolitical and professional members of the communities. These are normally those who keep the fundamentals of the nation running, while politicians haggle over the top political jobs. This is where we are in The Gambia. The Jammeh dictatorship is at the nadir of its bankruptcy and every decent citizen is an enemy. The evil that the regime perpetrates on a daily basis is so outrageous it has all boil down to confrontation between good and evil. Conflict is inevitable out of this scenario. That is what would provide a resolution. The Amadou Samba case in Dakar Senegal is just one exemplification of such conflicts. It is impossible to distinguish between Yaya Jammeh and regime supporters who are perjoratively referred to as enablers. There is a distinction between enablers and the party riffraff. And whereas enablers have become legitimate target for being roughened like dictator Jammeh himself, nobody at the moment cares about the party riffraff. This has all been generated by the dictatorships practice of politics which is dictatorial and has criminally taken the sovereignty of the people away from them. The struggle for rights for all does not include those who participate in the criminal activities of the regime. By opting to side with criminality, they have momentarily given up their rights until they redeem themselves from that hineous trade mark. THE QUESTION OF THE RELEASE OF BROTHER Sait Matty Jaw Until Sait Matty is physically made available and he uses his own voice to inform us that he has been released, nobody should believe that. Firstly, the relevant Gambian authorities have always denied his presence in their custody; secondly, they are not the ones stating that he has been released; and thirdly, all the sources quoted as having confirmed his release have not been identified! In this murky scenario, it is only rational that we insist not to believe that he has been released. Our prayers and best wishes are that he be released without any bodily harms, thus our insistence on physical evidence of his release. It took them minutes to arrest him, why would it take even hours for his release to be authenticated? THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES!
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 11:48:08 +0000
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