What Will the President, NPP and IGP say about Baboucarr Bahoum?
By Madi Jobarteh
We have heard the President and his Ministers such as Ismaila Ceesay and his advisors pontificate about insults and disinformation in our politics and society. Many times they have launched verbal attacks on individuals who they accuse of indulging in insults and use of uncouth language.
The IGP has even arrested individuals for criticizing the President and the Government because they say such criticism is incitement or sedition. The latest case involves one Louis Boutanos who is currently under police bail for expressing his grievance over poor service delivery. In another case, the IGP even further to charge others with sedition such as Ebrima Dibba of UDP currently undergoing trial. Journalists Musa Sheriff and Momodou Justice Darboe were arrested, detained and charged for serious crimes only to be forced to apologize for the case to drop.
Now, here is one Baboucarr Bahoum insulting an entire community, region and voters on behalf of Pres. Barrow and the NPP. His words are uncouth, disrespectful, intolerant and a clear incitement to violence. These words must not be uttered by anyone in a democratic republic.
When the Voice newspaper published that Muhammed Jah is a possible successor to Barrow, NPP bigwigs from Seedy Njie to Adama Barrow classified the publication as an incitement. Yet the publication did not insult any person much more a group, a party, a community or a region.
Since 2023, Barrow and his Government have been spearheading a so-called national dialogue with franciful themes and high sounding slogans like solidarity, reconciliation, peace, unity and co-existence. They claim to bring the country together in peace and harmony.
It is a known fact that this man Baboucarr Bahoum is a known supporter of the President and his Government and party. He has associated with and participated in Pres. Barrow and NPP activities. He is a consistent and popular voice for the President and his Government and party. Yet, here he is insulting citizens.
Will the President Adama Barrow speak out against his supporter? Will Barrow say that Bahoum wants to burn down the country? Will Ismaila Ceesay condemn this Bahoum guy? Will Seedy Njie hold Baboucarr Bahoum accountable? Will the IGP Seedy Muctarr Touray arrest Baboucarr Bahoum? Will Seedy Ceesay, Sulayman Camara, Saihou Mballow, Dou Sanno, Henry Gomez and Demba Sabally and the rest of NPP come out in defense of Kiang and the Gambia people and democracy?
We will see what they will do to show whether they practice what they preach or they are men with two tongues!
Baboucarr Bahoum has not only insulted the people of Kiang but he has also insulted all Gambians. It is sheer rudeness for a tiny brat like Bahoum to insult Gambians like this.
We live in a democracy where citizens have a right to choose who to represent them. That is a constitutional right upon which our republic is built. Hence our people owe no gratitude to any government or representative in whatever way. To therefore insult citizens for their vote is to threaten the very existence, stability and dignity of the Republic and Democracy that must be addressed.
What will Pres. Barrow and his NPP and the IGP do about this guy for his insult? We are watching!
For The Gambia 🇬🇲 Our Homeland
