UDP Forums Watch-- Responding to Oceanic

Oceanic Lad is Gambian using a pen in U.S. He writes to call for the release of Femi, however he dislikes the UDP for his own reasons. So he is blaming the UDP for doing nothing at the jailing of Femi.

Oceanic
I again commend you for your constant patriotic reminders here in the Post. I am pretty sure, the family and well-wishers of Femi are glad at the role you task your self with. Repititions and constant reminders are things tyrants hate.

However, my point of departure is in the area of the role the UDP members are doing is making sure Femi is freed. Remember, the laws of the Gambia that is violated at the discretion of dictator Yahya is for us all to stand and protect not just UDP members.
Secondly, imprisonment is a staple dish in all dictatorial nations. And it should sadden and make us quake when we see just few days ago, how patriotic the British PM resign his post and took ordinary life at the command of their nation.

What that expose is that, whilst the real democratic nations are puting their people first, we are puting our people last. It seems as if we are two different make of human beings. I know our pan-Africanist folks would like to jump at me, however, our real problem is us not the west or the whites.
We should stop living in the past and appreciate the today and now.
To come to your compliment of my humble self, I feel you were too generous. I join the UDP just less than one year ago. The reason i join is simply because I am happy with the ways the party has been operating. I know there is room for improvement, but overall the party is doing it's best to bring genuine democracy to the Gambia. And all things being equal, I would salute the fomidable UDP members that are quietly doing their best in strengtening the party. In fact, I am the least important member in terms of activism for the party.
The UDP U.S and others are real party militants and I salute them. The UDP executive have lodged an appeal for Femi. The family of Femi are aware of the developments. And Femi been a long term activist, well before the UDP, prison is something he expect to go, so as all other UDP exceutive members, some of whom have spent time in different Gambian jails, including our leader Ousainou.
Yahya is the loser here. He has virtually destroyed his legacy. Therefore, as the former British conservative leaders once opined "never under estimate a quiet man" Ian Duncan Smith. And funnyly, it's the tink-tank group Smith form that made the crucial recommendation for the conservative party.
There are Gambians whose quietness irritate many of us talkatives, however we shouldn't discount them as uniterested and lacking the fortitude to wish change for our country. The quiet UDP militants may when it boils down to real action be more useful than Suntou.

And George Orwell famously said "my enemies enemy is my friend". However, in the larger efforts of Gambian politics, we are not enemies, at best we are temporal adverseries brough upon us by circumstance.

The UDP will never be criple by the jailing of Femi or the disappearance of Kanyiba. In fact it has re-invogorated the party. We will have a good congress in the coming weeks and the party's energy and strategy will increase on many fronts. The fight is for us to lose Oceanic. This is a Gambia problem and it requires a Gambian solution. We may not agree, we may bikker, frown upon each other, call one another with names and so on. But in the end, we will stand or fall together. So I advise we learn to tolerate one another.
Thanks a lot. Regina and Femi junior are with you Oceanic. Thanks
Bolongba


On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 3:00 PM, OCEANIC LAD wrote:

Thanks Yero for taking the last three days from my hands.Your insights were wonderful.I had not prayed to be back again but have no choice as long as innocent femi peters cannot still be free.
Reading Balangba,i keep on slumbering and yawning with agony and despair as the conditionalities in mile two and what can occur in that country of her own continues to be unpredictable.I have the believe that Balangba is an indictment of Sanna Sabally and he should do himself justice by quietly sitting in Dutchland and leave us alone.He is as guilty as Jemus in any way and by any means.Evidences in Balangba makes him a candidate for the ICC.
All what we are saying,have said are all conditionalities of oppression that innocent femi peters dont deserve.I commend his kids for keeping the struggle especially the passionate words of femi jr.on the tabloids and the great daughter on GRTS international.Suntou is also doing his bit not least the Dibbas who go on Radio freedom and declared from far away seattle that"we woulkd defat him in the polls;the chamoibridge incident was a wake up call and we arestrategizing and ready for 2011"ready and strategizing indeed!!!Femi peters doesnt deserve a day in jail and now it is 43 straight days in jail.The president should release him now and jail the UDP;THE PARTY OF INACTION WHERE THE MOUTH IS THE TIGER.The only genuine pragmatic UDP face both in and out of the Gambia is Suntou Touray.The rest are either looking for fame or lining there pockets with UDP ..............
I cry and wail and still femi peters sits in jail.He is as innocent as the new born infant.In this 43rd day of the second round of injustice in Gambia,i call on Yahya Jammeh to free innocent Femi Peters today and now.





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