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NADD: The Party for Institutional Reform-Opinion
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NADD: The Party for Institutional Reform-Opinion
By Foday Samateh
NADD: The Party for Institutional Reform
The jury is in. The verdict is reached. The judgment is passed. And I
have the utmost pleasure to announce that NADD is the only political
party with the caliber and timber required to deliver what The Gambia
needs: a comprehensive package of institutional reform.
The somber eyes of sincerity are cast across the present state of the
nation and the heart of patriot weeps in immense grief over the
blanketing gloom. Twelve years at the helm, Yahya Jammeh and his
visionless junta have succeeded in proving their honest critics right
that they are the wrong crowd at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Their report card on democratic rule of law shows that their
performance is below zero, ability nil, and overall conduct
heart-wrenching. They do everything to the contrary of the proper way.
They abuse human rights, mutilate and violate their own constitution,
instill fear deep into the people, rejoice in their arrogance, and
absorb every institution protected by law to be independent into the
power-grabbing presidency reminiscent of a colonial government.
They have done what they give themselves the license to do. The people
have their turn in this September election to do their part as well.
And that must come in the form of a landslide voter discontent. The
Gambia deserves better than the outrageous excesses of this junta.
While the APRC must be put out of operation to face the doom of its
fate in oblivion, the counsel of reason and the wisdom of experience
advise that a mere change of faces in the State House is a dangerous
adventurism. The future of The Gambia must not be entrusted in the
mysterious candidacy of the UDP/NRP Alliance of “unequal” partnership.
Hamat Bah says the people should vote Lawyer Darboe president with a
blank-check, that Darboe must be let loose in the boundless universe of
absolute discretion. Is Yahya Jammeh not bankrolling his abuse of power
on a blank check? Democracy is not a gift from the unpredictable
character of men. It is a given by law demanding accountability
standards ensured by adequate institutional checks and balances.
The “cult followers” of Lawyer Darboe call him “a quiet man,” whose
determination must not be underestimated. Exactly so! In politics,
quietness is deception by other means. So the people must not
underestimate the danger of giving all to a man who is in the habit of
speaking out the least.
Apparently, NADD is the way forward. Its Memorandum of Understanding is
a far far-reaching contract pledge to The Gambia, spelling out in very
clear terms the urgent need for a comprehensive institutional reform as
the bedrock of a functioning democracy, human empowerment, and sound
economic development that will once and for all restore sovereignty to
the people, the rightful custodians.
Unlike the incoherent man of the APRC, or the quiet man of the UDP,
NADD is led by a superlatively eloquent man with time-tested solid
integrity matched by un-dimming strength of vision to light our way
into the future. What more could The Gambia ask for?
Think NADD. Talk NADD. Vote for institutional reform. The APRC and UDP
are the problem; NADD is the solution. Vote NADD this September.
[The Third in a series of Ten Articles] |
Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 (Archive on Tuesday, August 29, 2006)
Posted by PNMBAI Contributed by PNMBAI
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