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Wednesday, October 09, 2013

Africa » Gambia

Monday, October 07, 2013

The Gambian government on Friday accused Washington and former colonial power Britain of leading a “shameless campaign of lying” against it.

In a statement read on GRTS by the Secretary General and Head of the Civil Service who is also Minister of Presidential Affairs, Momodou Sabally, the government lashed out at its “enemies” whom, it said, had concocted lies about its human rights record.

The statement said Britain and the United States had backed “so-called Gambians to set up organisations and media facilities to spread nothing but lies against The Gambia by making false, outrageous and unfounded statements about the state of human rights.”

The NIA DG Captain Lamin Saine and his Deputy Yankuba Badjie have succeeded in convincing our foolish President Yahya Jammeh that the survival of his dying regime largely depends onto what extent he can crackdown on the main opposition UDP. The NIA has concluded that an opposition uprising is likely to take place in the Gambia, in view of the nation’s economic crunch. We have started witnessing rice shortage and other basic commodities in the market. Local importers have complained about lack of foreign exchange to order rice. 

Due to the regime’s declining credit ratings, most banks here are not comfortable issuing letter of credit to facilitate the importation of food stuffs from overseas. Some of the banks don’t even have the cash at hand to cater for their customers needs.

Given the country’s cash shortage, characterized by an erratic electricity cuts, massive unemployment, delays in paying workers salaries, declining national reserves, low per capita income, and lack of sufficient budget to run the government, an NIA intelligence report intercepted by one of our agents suggest that there is a growing public frustration and dissatisfaction against the status quo in the Gambia. The fear culture is fading away. People have started speaking openly against the regime.

MANY WILL BE LEFT UTTERLY DISMAYED, ANGRY AND BETRAYED BY A PARTY THAT HAS MORE MANDINKA FOLLOWERS THAN ANY OTHER TRIBES

By Ba Matarr Jaiteh, UK

Many will be left utterly dismayed, angry and betrayed by a Party that has more Mandinka followers than any other tribes. Only to single out the Mandinka's with grotesque accusations of playing tribal politics that in a wider view will be considered by many as ill-advised, unnecessary and distasteful. Bizarrely enough, the message was even read out by a Mandinka man, playing the vicious little monkey leading the parade on national television - But we all know the main organ grinder behind all these. Throughout the half an hour long broadcast, Mr. Sabally's body language suggest all but ease and comfort. Visibly embarrassed by having to rip into his own skin. That makes it fundamentally flawed, so to speak. A classic case of political manipulation gone too far. Morally unjustifiable and a willful incitement of ethnic tension.