Global Democracy Project’s Chief Praises Mathew K. Jallow’s Editorial On Tyranny

Dear Editor:

I read Mr. Jallow's editorial "Overthrowing Jammeh: The Inherent Weakness of a Dictatorship" with great interest and appreciation. Mr. Jallow laid bare the trifling mediocrity of Dictatorships in general and Yahya's in particular, likening them to schoolyard bullies who are themselves failures in life but wish for company in their journeys to nothingness. Mr. Jallow has diagnosed the pompous malaise inherent in socio-paths and in so doing has all but unleashed the intrinsic power and value of the oppressed citizenry itself. Indeed, history is replete with evidence where the oppressed citizenry finally does the surgical removal of dictators and tyrants with collateral help from sympathetic governments, organisations, and individuals. I echo Mr. Jallow's reminder that "We are the saviors we have been waiting for", and that The Gambia itself, is too insignificant to waste political capital on by any significant government. However, with initiative coming from the citizenry, all significant governments will come to Gambia's aid.

On a final note, I thank The GAMBIAECHO for bringing us Mr. Jallow's brilliant editorial.

Sincerely,

Haruna Darbo, Director, Global Democracy Project, Atlanta, GA.