Veteran Gambian journalist, Alhagie Momodou B Sillah sasys, “And let it be certain that no double standard politics with indecisiveness would ever win power in a democratic election.”
For veteran journalist Momodou B Sillah, it would be a colossal error of judgment to think that a mushroom condition of opposition parties would overnight unseat the president in the election.

With or without election countdown the political game is now over for political dolls. For Gambians are disillusioned with political rhetoric, theories, dogmas, phraseologies, constitutional clauses, newspaper politics and political inertia, but more so is the fragmentation of political purpose by the so-called opposition parties.
The Gambia is not new in politics, therefore it needs no lectures, and teachings in politics. The Gambian electorate do know what is politics.
 With its huge illiteracy of 90% The Gambia was able to fight out and achieve its independence in a democratic way without dismembering the communal way of life and the traditions. Hence today Gambians are patriotically proud of themselves as one people nationally in one country with little or no tribal or ethnic sentiments indeed.
However, The Gambia did not achieve its independence as a gift on silver platter. The leaders at the time were indomitably courageous, patriotic, sincere and loyally dedicated to the course of the people.
In the battle for independence, they were unflinching and united in their purpose. Those leaders were the late J.C. Faye, P.S. Njie, I.M. Garba Jahumpa and Dawda K,Jawara.
It would therefore be a colossal error of judgment to think that a mushroom condition of opposition parties would overnight unseat the president in the election.
For such coalition must have the time to reorganize itself, re-orientate and re-educate its members and clear all descent opinions about it and as well as to ensure that all the parties are fully united and are determined to wish the presidency.
To this end the party leaders must see the country and the interest of the people as overriding, they must swallow their pride of whatever standing and doings, and also the parties must ride themselves off of all tribalism, ethnic, caste feelings and all other segregation indeed within its members.
For no person, tribe or ethnic must think that it is destined to lead infinitely, as neither the people or the country is owned by anyone.
Politics is the collective doing of what the people want for the country, hence there are party manifestos showing to do what the people  want when it comes to power for the country.
 So also there has to be the prerequisite campaign to inform and educate the people about the election. It is at this campaign that the electorate would determine who to lead the country. The parties therefore must impact the electorate with their development, security and governance programmes to win their trust and to assure them their ability to be able to govern the country and develop it better as an alternate.
Accordingly to the democratic principles of governance together with human rights   and the independence of the judiciary would be fully respected.
In all there were seven general elections since the universal enfranchisement of the country in 1960.
The first general election to be held in was won by the PPP with 8 seats to 6 seats of the U.P in the 27 seats House of Representatives with P.S Njie as chief minister.
 And the second general election in 1962, for a house of 36 representatives was again won by the PPP by 18 seats with U.P 13 seats which led to independence in 1965, with Sir Dawda K. Jawara appointed as prime minister and leader of government.
 The political games of both the APRC in 1996 and the UDP were on different backgrounds. The APRC emerged as a military transformed civilian political partly with civilians of various walks of life, on the other hand, gathered to form the U.D.P
And thus in the same year in 1996 election were held in which the U.D.P lost to the APRC with Yahya A.J.J Jammeh was sworn-in as president of the second republic.
With disillusion, hopelessness and disintegration of purpose, the fields of political play would be closed to all so called politicians of opposition parties as a letdown of the nation.
The Gambia therefore need and deserve complete brand new politicians if there would ever be democratic change with no more political dolls in the field.
And this is why the opposition are said to be parties for donations and not for the country.
This description of the opposition parties by a prominent Gambian business tycoon has tended to compromise the credibility of the opposition leaders seriously indeed.
 Candidly however, the, present characteristic behavior of the opposition parties is not symptomatic of definitively focused career politicians with meaningful policies vehemently determine to gain power in order to bring about progressive development of the country as in democratic countries like the U.S, U.K, Senegal, Liberia and others .
And let it be certain that no double standard politics with indecisiveness would ever win power in a democratic election.