MARKone:
There is something fundamentally wrong with African leaders, this Idi Amin look alike of a man have been in power since 1994, is now defeated and refuses to step down. . If it is archival men like own Bubu and Mugabe, it is power drunk iidiots, that thinks that the country is their personal property, sad indeed.

African democracy is pluto-mobo-kakistocracy or what l call demonstration of craze

costandi:
Thats why I'm forever of the of opinion that Islam is a thorn in the flesh of the world. The most recent African Presidents who have shown examplary leadership by conceding defeat Jonathan and Mahama would surely not have done so, were they Muslims. Now, he's claiming that only allah can take the presidency away from him. Same way our Islamic president said some years back that he'd make the country ungovernable, just because he lost at the polls. Call me a religious bigot for all I care. Islam is all about war and bloodshed, and they do all these in the name of Allah. What a tragedy!

Isiokpukpu:
Where is the ECOWAS Chairman for the mediation Committee .

Omeokachie:
This is what you get when you are unpresidential in your utterance...

Barrow won, and Jammeh conceded only for Barrow to start talking about probes of corruption and human rights abuses. Why not wait until the transfer of power before you make your intentions known/act?


Reminds me of Buhari making the 97% vs 5% unpresidential comment that have since polarised the country.

They should start thinking about making compromises as Barrow has spoilt everything alread. Jammeh being a soldier will not be a sitting duck. He will rather die than be humiliated.

Diplomacy is what is needed now and I doubt Buhari knows anything about diplomacy to have been asked ti head this mission.

MARKone:
There is something fundamentally wrong with African leaders, this Idi Amin look alike of a man have been in power since 1994, is now defeated and refuses to step down. . If it is archival men like own Bubu and Mugabe, it is power drunk iidiots, that thinks that the country is their personal property, sad indeed.

hotice01:
Nothing will happen to Jammeh!
The worse that can happen is sanctions imposed on Gambia.
If Assad of Syria is still in power then Jammeh stands a good chance.
I believe he is smarter than most of think.For him to make this decision he has covered all his bases.
After seeing how GEJ is been treated by the same man who was appointed head of negotiation committee for ECOWAS,he had to take this decision to save his neck and prestige.
Not everyone is as docile as GEJ.

GoggleB:
War in other Africa country..
Can't imagine what would have happened if GEJ said the same thing in 2015.

Whytelyon:



He's chilling. We spoke this morning. He's flying to Daura this evening.

Lacomus:
No wahala ,Gaddafi been do pass you.

Bt wait ooo, him de baff Kiwi

SmartyPants:


Getting tired of telling people that Barrow never said such. International media kept asking and the most he would say was that there is a process and that when he gets into office he would look into it. It was a female member of the coalition who explicitly made comments threatening the man and his henchmen.

Omeokachie:
This is what you get when you are unpresidential in your utterances...

Barrow won and Jammeh conceded, only for Barrow to start talking about probes of corruption and human rights abuses.
Why not wait until the transfer of power before making your intentions known?


Reminds me of Buhari making the 97% vs 5% unpresidential comment that have since polarised the country.

They should start thinking about compromises as Barrow has spoilt everything already. Jammeh being a soldier will not be a sitting duck, and would rather die than be humiliated by a civilian.

Diplomacy is what is needed now. Buhari is a square peg for this round hole, as I doubt he knows anything about diplomacy to have been asked to head this mission.

costandi:
Thats why I'm forever of the of opinion that Islam is a thorn in the flesh of the world. The most recent African Presidents who have shown examplary leadership by conceding defeat Jonathan and Mahama would surely not have done so, were they Muslims. Now, he's claiming that only allah can take the presidency away from him. Same way our Islamic president said some years back that he'd make the country ungovernable, just because he lost at the polls. Call me a religious bigot for all I care. Islam is all about war and bloodshed, and they do all these in the name of Allah. What a tragedy!

MARKone:
There is something fundamentally wrong with African leaders, this Idi Amin look alike of a man have been in power since 1994, is now defeated and refuses to step down. . If it is archival men like own Bubu and Mugabe, it is power drunk iidiots, that thinks that the country is their personal property, sad indeed.

vickylincon:
Africans and power

MARKone:
There is something fundamentally wrong with African leaders, this Idi Amin look alike of a man have been in power since 1994, is now defeated and refuses to step down. . If it is archival men like own Bubu and Mugabe, it is power drunk iidiots, that thinks that the country is their personal property, sad indeed.

Omeokachie:



Here is an excerpt from an interview granted by Barrow...

Barrow will also face a dicey situation handling his predecessor once he’s sworn in. Given Jammeh’s track record of human rights abuses, Barrow will have to decide whether to investigate and prosecute Jammeh.
“We don’t have a grudge against anyone. If there are files to be judged, we will do it,” Barrow said about the possibility. “We respect the constitution and the rights of all, but the law will be applied to everyone.”


http://qz.com/852974/gambias-president-elect-adama-barrow-lays-out-his-vision-for-a-nation-mired-in-fear-and-poverty-after-22-years-of-yahya-jammehs-autocratic-rule/

jomoh:



Mentioning Gadaffi with this guy is an insult to gadaffi.


Gadaffi issue was because the western powers couldn't control him and his country's oil. So they decided to fund son rebels to fight against him. Even at the heart of the war when they found out the rebels were looking ground in a big way, the US had to physically intervene through NATO. It is exactly the same thing happening in Syria right now. The only difference is that unlike Assad of Syria, Gadaffi had no world power like Russia to support him.

Jameh's own issue is different. He is the one that called for an election and went ahead to organise it only for him to turn around and start crying foul after being defeated/rejected by his own people.

Gadaffi was never rejected by his own people and he never had a recognised opposition figure, that was why the rebels found it very hard to defeat him on their own.

SmartyPants:


Thank you for this, as it clearly backs up exactly what i said. He did not discard the possibility of it, when asked by foreign media, but he never went round declaring he would prosecute anybody in particular. Did he??

Omeokachie:



In politics you read between the lines and pay close attention to body language.

Everybody knows about the human rights abuses under Jammeh's administration.

Barrow just confirmed in that interview that he will look into it and apply the law. In other words we are talking about jail term or death on conviction depending on what the law says in The Gambia. Now that was tackless of Barrow knowing you are trying to get rid of a dictator who has control of the army. Patience and less talk is a virtue, especially for a president.


You claimed a lady supporter of his made the comments. Any link of that to back your assertion?

SmartyPants:


Just to correct this statement in bold. The constitution of the Gambia calls for elections every 5 years. Mr. Jammeh never called for nor organized elections of his own volition.

mu2sa2:
This guy should be taken to yaba left in his own interest. What religion does Joseph kabila and Mugabe profess?