Kwesi Pratt, Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, has called for diplomatic sanctions to be meted out to President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia.
Speaking on Peace FM's Kokrokoo, Mr. Pratt noted that the option to send troops to Gambia to expel the its leader from office may wreak havoc and eventually harm innocent citizens.
He stated that applying military force or allowing Senegal to intervene in the issue will worsen the situation, leading to violence and other vicious actions that may erupt in the process.
He however held strongly that African leaders should "squeeze" Mr. Jammeh and he will have no alternative but to vacate his seat for the President-elect Adama Barrow to rule the nation.
He urged countries to cut ties and stop trade transactions with the Gambian nation, claiming such actions will leave Yahya Jammeh and his government defunct.
“If he says he won’t vacate the seat, he will not survive. He can’t do the work. It is possible that we will put sanctions on his government so that his government cannot transact business with any country. Sanctions will bite.”
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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WHAT HE ONLY UNDERSTANDS IS THE MILITARY OPTION AND WE WOULD TEACH HIM A LESSON HE WOULD NEVER FORGET. HE SHOULD NOT FORGET WHAT HAPPENED TO ALMIGHTY GADDAFI OF LIBYA
Look who is talking. All knowing Kwesi Pratt. You could have sounded the same argument when your idol Gbagbo refused to relinquish power. You defended Gbagbo to the hilt.You are great hypocrite of our modern times. You fed fat on peoples sweat during ***barred word***'s reign. Where is the V8 which was dashed to you by ***barred word***?
Pratt again he knows everything.He just want to be relevant i when no one is listening to him.
Pratt, what makes you think that the man who has stolen billions and shops for his groceries from the US will be affected by sanctions? He does not care about the ordinary people who will be the ones affected your suggested wishy-washy sanctions. Ha will feed fat and will never be affected. Ask North Korea, Zimbabwe etc about the effects of sanctions on their leaders and you will get a no effect answer. In the end, sanctions will kill more ordinary people than quick intervention.
May i ask if sanctions won't affect ordinary citizens? Under sanctions, he and his cohorts will never suffer, it's the ordinary man that will suffer. He's got to be taken down, period.