{"id":46727,"date":"2023-11-09T07:10:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T07:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?p=46727"},"modified":"2023-11-09T06:40:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T06:40:20","slug":"the-barrow-administration-never-ceases-to-amaze-gambians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/the-barrow-administration-never-ceases-to-amaze-gambians","title":{"rendered":"The Barrow administration never ceases to amaze Gambians"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>It is about the Former President\u2019s Retirement Bill 2023 recently enacted by the National Assembly in Banjul.<\/b><\/p>\n

Gambians have seen and heard a lot which is unconscionable over the past seven years of the Barrow Administration, but that it would stoop so low and do such a thing so blatantly self-serving is definitely a shocker!<\/p>\n

When we say the Barrow Administration we include all \u2013 at the OP, Cabinet, Justice Ministry, the National Assembly \u2013 as well as the NPP party and allied political parties \u2013 all who serve Adama Barrow, knew about it and would have enabled the adoption of the bill or not advised him \u2013 and even protested as the opposition MPs did \u2013 that this is not proper.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s clearly unethical that one uses one\u2019s position, that is, that Adama Barrow exploits the advantages of incumbency to get his government to enact such a bill.<\/p>\n

We know that when the former president\u2019s bill was passed under the Jammeh Administration, it had deemed it absolutely necessary to do so.<\/p>\n

Jammeh then had been properly advised \u2013 by people close to him \u2013 that Gambia\u2019s first and founding president and head of state, Sir Dawda Jawara, needed to be rescued from a situation close to destitution in UK, where he lived in exile; and, that it would reflect badly on the APRC government and the country\u2019s image should Jawara be left to live an undignified life in exile.<\/p>\n

Then the APRC-dominated parliament \u2013 in which current Speaker Fabakary Tombong Jatta was an influential member \u2013 passed that Yahya Jammeh bill to save Gambians from the shame of neglecting Jawara, who going by reports at the time was known to be suffering in exile in London.<\/p>\n

Thus It was out of genuine compassion and a sense of doing the right and proper thing under the circumstances, that the Jammeh Administration got it\u2019s bill enacted; and, subsequently and consequently Jawara was able to come home and move into his Atlantic Road residence at Fajara.<\/p>\n

Obviously, Jammeh was not then thinking of being a beneficiary of such a law, since in his own thinking he had accumulated so much wealth \u2013 in office \u2013 that even his grand children will never be poor on earth! Didn\u2019t we all hear him say so?<\/p>\n

Therefore, there cannot be any explanation for the Barrow Administration enacting such a bill, except greed and abuse of incumbency.<\/p>\n

You may want to ask \u2013 why the extraordinary session and why the certificate of urgency? Indeed, what is the urgency about enacting this particular bill?<\/p>\n

Could it be more urgent in today\u2019s Gambia than a whole lot of reforms pending, and expected since 2017 of the Barrow Administration \u2013 such as, for example, passing the draft Constitution 2020, revisiting the laws which affect the human rights and freedoms of Gambians such as the colonial-era Public Order Act, law on sedition, Official Secrets Act etc?<\/p>\n

Indeed, again for example, what about reviewing the Act establishing the GRTS to stop the continuing abuse of power by whoever is the incumbent, when you see how the tax-payer funded public media is being misused by the incumbent?<\/p>\n

Thus it is our view that the only plausible explanation for introducing such a bill now is that Barrow intends to leave office, and retire from active politics at the end of his current second term; and, that this is a signal that he does not intend to contest as a candidate in the 2026 presidential election.<\/p>\n

Well, it\u2019s his choice, but he would be well advised to beware of the wind of change now blowing in Africa and to stick to the trending two terms in office \u2013 after failing to honour the 3-years agreement with his 2016 Coalition partners \u2013 and leave office with some credibility at least.<\/p>\n

However, such a plan \u2013 if it was contemplated or exists in his head \u2013 cannot justify bringing such a self-serving piece of legislation to the honorable National Assembly.<\/p>\n

Yes! For contrary to the principle of not enacting a law to target someone or to suit the interest of a person, this is one law which every right thinking person can see was designed for Barrow to enjoy in retirement, when he ceases to occupy the State House in Banjul.<\/p>\n

But do not lose sleep over this matter! For, as usual, shortsighted conceited men motivated by greed and self interest will inevitably tend to forget that men have their wishes, but ultimately it\u2019s Allah that decides.<\/p>\n

And, in this case, one must also remember that what a man does with his hand another man can undo with his hand.<\/p>\n

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