The Gambian political memory is very short lived. I am an ardent nemesis of the APRC and the Butcher of Kanilai. However, I am against the current position of many that these renegades and their party needs to banish from our political space.
Gambians do suffer from selective amnesia and the political faux pas of yester years are conveniently swept under the rug. Justice is neither selective nor prejudicial hence the reason why the lady on the scales of justice is blindfolded. The coming of Jammeh in the political space was precipitated by the politics of the day when the power grabbing political moguls not only compromised their political party but the security of the Gambia as a whole just to serve their narrowly defined personal interest. Lest we forget that those men at that material time were the reason for our misery and the coming of Jammeh.
It pains my heart that these men are now celebrated as heroes and accorded rousy home comings. This in my view is not only hypocritical but inconsistent with the very principle of equity and accountability that we are pursuing. That said, We can then allow Jammeh to take a hiatus and come back 15-20 years later with a clean slate. This is not acceptable and what's good for the goose is good for the gander. We didn't free this great country to welcome all as if nothing happened pre Jammeh. We need answers on a lot of things pre 1994 so lets not sweep it under the rug. This government must be seen as getting to the bottom of all public issues relating to graft of major magnitudes pre1994 to date because the Gambia is a continuum so lets look at the bigger picture
Nyang Njie
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