ASSAN DIOMA NDIAYE :“Our office was informed with the case of the Gambian Journalist by a Radio Station called RFM which asked for our immediate intervention”

By: Journalist Abubacarr Saidykhan

Me Assane Dioma Ndiaye, one of the renowned and outspoken Legal Practitioner in Senegal also the Coordinator of the League of the Senegalese Human Rights and a member of the Bureau International Quebec, yesterday has informed the participants of the auspicious gathering at the Raddisson Blu Hotel in Dakar, that “it is Legitimate to be a Rebel against Tyranny in any Country”.  

Analyzed By Essa Bokarr Sey.

As Yahya Jammeh’s erratic nature has been ushering our country through
mirages, uncertainty and incompetence no one should be surprised to
see these crumbling institutions. One of the worst areas under the
Jammeh regime is the health sector. Access to primary health care
instead of being a priority for the government has been pushed to the
edge. 

Former Gambian foreign minister Dr Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe

It seemed as much an expression of frustration as it was of concern. But Dr. Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe was adamant. “If this struggle is to make any progress we need leadership,” says the former director of UNESCO’s division of culture and erstwhile Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs under the regime of Yahya Jammeh. Dr. Jobe’s statement came on the heels of the recently established Raleign Steering Committee and Omar Jallow’s (OJ) much publicized rejection of any portfolio in the Steering Committee as constituted. But that is only part of the story. Dr Jobe, while praising both the rationale for Raleigh and the event itself, is equally concerned about the possible proliferation of even more organizations. The central point of Dr Sedat Jobe’s argument concerns the emergence of new organizations, yet his specific focus is on how Gambia can move forward, provides a breakthrough in preempting any possible future leadership impasse.