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Private Eye With Gambisara-Congrat Jammeh Jilanka for stealing the elections!
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Private Eye With Gambisara-Congrat Jammeh Jilanka for stealing the elections!
State Dispensation: Part 1
Now that the much anticipated Presidential election is history,
Gambisara wish to take this opportunity to congratulate Dr. Alhagie
Yaya Abdul Aziz James Junkung Jammeh for successfully rigging the
elections in his favor. I wish you a good luck in anticipation of
developing the Gambia to higher heights as you promised in your
meet-the-people tour which you used as your campaign. I equally thank
Lang Tombong Tamba and the entire security chiefs for aiding their
commander-in-chief by intimidating the voters, seizing their voter
cards, thus making them unable to vote on the election date. Again, my
regards to the entire security services for ensuring a peaceful
election. I will also use this medium to appeal to you, Dr. Jammeh and
your APRC government to ensure that you respect the Gambian People’s
freedoms and human rights as you wish for your own family members. I
wish to remind you of the word “Respect is Reciprocal”.
The Gambian
people have mandated you by force which you cherish though against our
will hence you want to rule for life, please give us our respect and
dignity in return. Remember that you are occupying public office, it is
incumbent upon you to discharge your duties without fear or favor or
ill-will. Having said that, I want to make some suggestions that I
think are essential in our nation building process as the Gambia
belongs to all of us. Sir Dawda was there; you are there today and
tomorrow will be my turn. Take this as compliments and polish our
fragile state institutions not as otherwise.
I know a unit exists within your office called the “Policy Analysis
Unit”. I would suggest that this office be expanded with the right
persons and renamed “Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination”. That
way it will look at core weakness areas of government and fine tune
them as the Public Service Commission have failed in my opinion. This
office to be mandated to advise you on matters relating to state
Administration and have units such as those suggested below, but hugely
on administration. Though not limited to these units as, Improving
state services, Governance, Framework of principles for delivering
services to Gambians, etc. This way, the PAU will shift from
co-coordinating multilateral agencies funding in the country, such as
the UN system. We will not be constantly hearing that you are the
principal donor for the Republic of the Gambia. I know you are a very
generous donor or better still a generous philanthropist. We all know
how the funds are coming into the country and now we as a country are
struggling economically all due to your own making. Hence this is the
case, great caution is required. You have splashed huge state resources
on your re-election campaign and definitely, an equal or more resources
will be splashed again during the coming National Assembly election. At
a later date, we will get to know the exact figure splashed during both
periods.
Among the functions of OIPC, an indigenous leadership Programmme to be
initiated to deliver to you innovative leadership programmmes which you
will be the benefactor. I am referring you to this because the APRC
stands for “Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction”.
You should be the first person within the APRC to be re-orientated as
well as reconstructed. Your cabinet members to follow suit. Please do
not be shy to request for capacity building as you are only Forty one
(41) years old. Ask the World Bank or the UNDP, they will be more than
pleased to be part of it. That way, future capacity building programmes
will be meaningful. You would have demonstrated to the Gambians, as you
said you went back to the land and refers to it as leadership by
example. The said capacity building programme will build on your
existing skills and talents so you can take a leading role in securing
a better future for the Gambia as you aspire to be a life President
like your colleague in Guinea Conakry Lasana Conteh. The leadership
Programme for you and your cabinet colleagues will provide an overview
of the reforms to Indigenous state affairs and its challenges; provide
an interactive learning environment focusing on the skills and
behaviors needed to meet these challenges and maximise opportunities;
provide a process for developing a plan for the future; provide a
development experience based on learning’s gained on the programme,
among many other topics. These are not military leadership skills, but
how to lead the civilian population.
Next week I will get into detail with this proposed transformation, what sectors of state to be involved. Have a great Ramadhan.
The author can be reached at gambisara1@yahoo.com
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Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 (Archive on Sunday, October 22, 2006)
Posted by PNMBAI Contributed by PNMBAI
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