The end of the road, the sterile debate: the bad and unpleasant taste of the Africanist Press!

By: Ibrahim Jalloh - (Jallomy)

I read, I followed, I reflected and now I concluded that the leaks from the Africanist Press and the obvious debate generated are not only nearing but are at the end of the road and effectively sterile.

Leaks and whistle blowing are conventionally acceptable! They may be abhorred by functionaries in the corridors of power but the generals will always make something out of them to broaden the scope and depth of a countability. In this case, the situation is different and hard to fathom: the Africanist Press leaks and whistle blowing are poignantly ladened with progressively organized malice and hate with the overall objectives to defame, dishonour and discredit the regime and key functionaries of the regime. 

It is obvious that the established generation of rappers and looters of the previous regime are up for scores settlement. This is not only sad but regrettably dumb founding and characteristic

 of a country sliding down the slopes.

But we cannot continue to watch the drama of the regrouping of industrial thieves. We cannot allow them to use their loot to continue to discredit and defame the state and her leaders.

Chernor Bah was growing up to become a fine national character but has stumbled and discredited his position and announced intentions. No, we cannot settle for and meddle with sour grapes! You cannot bring down the heavens because your once political ambitions were not given a platform.

In essence, the organized rantings of Chernor Bah and his Africanist Press are not and cannot be representative of the country's collective aspiration and drive to fight corruption. This is simply but rudely another expression of the ferocity of corruption to fight back. Regrettably, for a man like Chernor Bah to entangle himself in this bracket of the opposition's retribution crusade rings the bells for the great and the unforgivable quagmire of academia and elitism. 

Nobody will escape the judgement of history. Nobody will escape the COI and related White Paper. All attempts at dismantling the steam and lowering the momentum of the White Paper can be best described as an exercise in futlity.