The interment on Tuesday of the remains of pro-democracy activist Ebrima Solo Sandeng has reignited the discourse on the seriousness of our politicians vis-a-vis Gambia’s development or lack thereof.
In April 2016, Sandeng died in action, agitating for democracy.
The following year in 2017, democracy was miraculously restored to The Gambia, rekindling limitless hopes for the extrication of the millstone of bad laws from the neck of the population.
As a vestige of colonialism, for example, the Public Order Act has long stifled the expression of political, economic, and social freedoms.
We also have electoral laws that are still in serious need of reforms.
These are some of the bad laws that Solo Sandeng so desired to see reformed.
However, the change of government woefully failed to bring about a realization of the principles that Sandeng stood and died for.
Darboe, Halifa, Sidia, Fatoumatta Tambajang, Adama Barrow, Henry Gomez, Hamat Bah, and those we couldn’t name here, have all betrayed Sandeng by refusing to make the best of their positions in the New Gambia that Sandeng never lived to see.
This begs the question: How Sincere Are Our Politicians?