Jammeh Overstaying is Total Abuse of Power

Knowing that caring Gambians will not watch family members suffer alone, the government of The Gambia is enjoying undue benefits through global remittances from abroad. With inflation biting deeper in everyone’s pocket, proportion of remittances from abroad correspond to how sharp the claws of inflation grip. Rising price levels impacts on how much extra cash needed sending just to pay for the same volume of goods and services at varying price levels. In that respect, Gambians abroad are paying more.

Jammeh’s overstay is an abuse  to competent Gambians

Already mentioned above, is this undeniable fact that The Gambia has no shortage of very capable persons prepared to rescue and help recover the nation from almost 20 years wreckage?  Think about a field of specialised skills and be sure a Gambian is somewhere on advanced track of the highway. Type of remarks you get from high -skilled enterprising Gambians working abroad is that none will want to risk returning under the hostile atmosphere created by Yahya Jammeh.

Sycophants have no good intention

Much has been said and written about how sycophancy thrives in The Gambia under Jammeh’s misrule. Long before military invasion by Jammeh and his cohorts, sycophancy was already a facet of Gambian society. Jammeh simply fertilised the atmosphere for breeding more sycophants of very dangerous nature.  Many are people, who under normal circumstances have no competitive advantage by way of life skills or professional bearing.

Wild ambition to get rich quick, build houses, own cars, and to enjoy unlimited social status gets easily achieved by sycophants. That is exactly how they feed on the rotten system as informants, thugs, secret policing and scores more. For such people, getting their bread buttered daily is enough justification to let an overstaying president carry on. Their bigger worry is that once the regime changes, they will no longer enjoy the fringe benefits flowing about by permits of a decadent system.

Some highly- skilled persons too enter and operate in the ring of sycophants. They enjoy greater advantage until the sharp claws of erratic decision lands them in trouble. These are such compromised persons with claims of certain skills who want to impress on others that all is fine serving your nation. It never ends up good for any of them at all.

Presidential term limit is a condition

Jammeh has no reason to refuse the greater aspiration all genuine citizens in for term limit in the presidency.  Bulk of Gambians are tired of this forceful overstay and want to breathe fresh air of free political atmosphere. Overstaying breeds more hatred for the self -imposed person. Staying any longer will only fuel up discontent. The world is moving. The Gambia has to move too.

Limit to the presidential role is a condition and Jammeh has no choice over that, but leave in peace and not to leave The Gambia in pieces.

Peaceful exit from forced rule is still feasible

Not to bring greater danger of tearing the nation apart the current regime of Yahya Jammeh has prospects for peaceful exit from forced rule. Matters getting worse day by day will render the situation more dangerous. Not everyone will want to continue bearing the pain inflicted by forced rule for almost 20 years now. Last thing anyone would like to see in The Gambia is trouble as it happened in other countries. Situation is reaching boiling point but can be prevented when Jammeh and his cohorts permit good sense to prevail.