Certain Issues made clear to Brother Oceanic

Thanks for the reply, however I am not the least offended. I know for certain that, we are all one way or the other bound to be disillusion with the slow process things are going.
Not withstanding all the bickering and sometimes bad blood between our politicians, we have to realise that, they have sacrifice a lot by counting themselves in whilst many of us live afar and judge them sometimes too harshly, a crime I am guilty of on occasions.
However, going after Lawyer Darboe for merely being the leader of UDP is wrong. Leaders come in all shapes and forms, we cannot expect every leader to be Malcolm X or Fidel Castro. Some are naturally less aggressive than others.
This is why, the world had a shy of relief when Obama won in America.
Darboe's political attributes are many, this is not to say, we as Gambians shouldn't criticise him. In fact, we are all criticisable in many others ways. I have made it quite clear that, none of our opposition leaders should be shielded from genuine criticism, but to hap comments on Darboe which were mainly erroneous is wrong.
Darboe spend time in prison, he became the biggest thorn in Yahya's flesh more than any other Gambian politician. Darboe is ready and willing to step aside in the right time. Contrary to some minority opinions, Darboe is among the least power hungry Gambian politicians out there.
Remember Darboe was a constitutional expert in the former PPP regime. He step down due to credible reasons and went private. Darboe's legacy which is full of representing the poor for nothing year on year, defending political sensitive cases since the PPP regime is examplary and something he should be quitely proud of.
It just happen that, not every person can blow their own trumpets. The foolish tags of UDP being a Mandinka party is ridiculous. If Darboe is tribalist, his inner circles and personal friends wouldn't include any non-Mandingo. Again he could have supported the PPP regime and do like many others to exploits it nepotism and weak systems. Darboe was brought up in a none Mandingo domain. His step Dad was the only high profile Provence's man to stand for U.P. The UDP could have borrowed it name for UP for all I know. Our fears of the other sometimes result in wrong comments. By virtue of a tribe being a slightly higher do make folks fear them for no reason. This phenomenon is all over the world and the Gambia is no exception.

Darboe was always at loggerheads with the then government. He never compromise his love for the rule of law and the pursuant of human rights. Yet today, we can hail new comers to the schene, but if we abandon those who cry with us, stood by us and felt for us for some synthetic show men, things will never get better.
Our legitimate criticism of the party leaders should focus on encouraging them to put personal issues aside for the Gambia. We have to understand that, this men are under no obligation to risk it all. They are family men like we are.
With all my political allegiance to the UDP, i have to shout out for the guys at PDOIS as well. They have remain a sound voice in all the struggle. We at UDP have been encourage to look at the positives in all party leaders. This agenda we will pursue, unity or no unity.
Oceanic, for me, I am too unqualified to be a leader of an opposition at the age of less than 34 years. I know we can be leaders at any age, however we know ourselves better than any other. The Gambia is bless with good human resources, it just happen that, risk aversion is our forte.
Look at the deafness at Yahya's crimes. Do you think it is only Darboe or the organise opposition that should speak up?Take Tailand for instance, it is ordinary people on the streets.
With all our difference of opinion, i have serious respect for you. May God bless men like you. Amen.
PS, Oceanic I am not the least against the usage of pen names. Sometimes we do it for different reasons, however when we aim our swords at somebody's heart, we need to remember... the playing field is unequal if they don't know who we are.

Brother Oceanic agree that, he does not know a good deal about Ousainou. In fact Ousainou started as a drafts man in the former government, it is due to his ethics that he quit.