One party state is Inevitable in The Gambia, but:

Adama Barrow is a decent man and I believe he want to do the right things but let’s not fool ourselves he is not running the show. At least not since Darboe was released from jail. I like Barrow and I believe his motives are sincere but he lacks the preeminence and sophistication needed to lead the country, but worse than that he still lives under the shadow of Lawyer Darboe. This is tragic, because instead of our government fixating on all the work and transformations urgently need in the country, it appears Lawyer Darboe is busy setting-up his 2020 presidency.

Think about it. We spend two decades fighting for one basic principle “Term Limit” you would think that would have been the priority item on the president’s desk. No it wasn’t, instead it was “Age Limit.” Why? Why prioritize a legislation that basically benefit a single person at the expense of a whole nation? Why are we not asking this basic question? Have we forgotten this soon the nightmare we just came out of.

Here is the thing; UDP do not want a piece of the pie they want the WHOLE PIE. Lawyer Darboe will be the next president and UDP will rule The Gambia for the next 30 years. It sounds like a wild claim but it is not. If you have followed Gambian politics, you’ll know this is statistically accurate. So it is prudent upon all of us to hold UDP to high standard in order to prevent our dear-country plunging into a degrading situation as it was in the administration before.

Those of you who yearn for a true democracy where no single party dominate our politics, you are about to loss the battle. UDP surrogates have a powerful presents in all Gambia media platforms and they don’t play nice. Often they play dirty, divisive, identity political tactics thereby drowning any opposing views.

You spend two decades fighting dictatorship in the Gambia, why are you letting one form right under your nose? So many of us, sacrifice the pleasure of visiting our beloved country because we believed fighting for what’s right was worth it. We'll be damned if we let up right now.

I am calling on all of you to started demanding legislative and judicial changes so that no president will tramp on our rights and freedom ever again. We must demand legislation that reduce the power of the presidency. After 50 years of basically what is equivalent to waste, it’s time we stand up and make our voice heard and send a clear message to our government and anyone wanting to lead us that power belong to us the people. Wassalam!

Jollof Nerds