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President elect, Mohammed Dukuly
Celebrates his Victory with bad precedent!
By:Volunteer reporter
July 07, 2009
 To enter the debate hall on Friday July 3, 2009, everyone, including the
candidates, was required to pay $10.00. No one but candidate Mohammed
Dukuly thought he shouldn't have to pay any money to enter. Candidate
Dukuly's refusal to pay the $10.00 caused some commotion at the gate
where he was told that everyone including President Richmond Konneh had
paid and he was no exception. Even with this information candidate
Dukuly still refused to pay the $10.00.
The situation was only rescued
from degenerating into a bigger commotion when one of his supporters
paid the money. He was lectured by the gatekeepers that this gate intake
was intended for FELMAUSA's coffer and it is one of the strategies in
place to raise funds for the organization and without such FELMAUSA
cannot function as an organization. Even with this lecture candidate
Dukuly was still not willing to pay the money until the $10.00 was paid
by one of his supporters. Why would a man running to be president of
FELMAUSA not be willing to support the organization financially? That
was the question many were asking.
While the above incidence was during the debate when Mohammed Dukuly was
still a candidate, the second instance of Dukuly's refusal to pay at the
gate happened when he was already the declared winner of the just ended
election. During the debate on Friday night, one thing Dukuly's
opponents kept pounding him for was his refusal to contribute to
FELMAUSA's scholarship fund drive. By refusing to pay to the FELMAUSA's
scholarship fund drive Dukuly was considered as being irresponsible by
his opponents. Candidate Dukuly's response to such charges was that he
couldn't contribute to the fund drive because of lack of accountability
on the part of the Richmond Konneh's administration. This charge of
irresponsibility on the part of candidate Dukuly and counter-charge of
lack of accountability on the part of the Richmond Konneh's
administration was a recurring terms through most of the debate.
But it seems like when it comes to spending money to support FELMAUSA,
Mohammed Dukuly has problem. This was the case even after he was
overwhelmingly elected as president of FELMAUSA on July 4, 2009. At the
dance in the night the scene of Friday night was repeated. When
President Elect Mohammed Dukuly arrived at the gate and was told that
the door charge was $20.00, he refused to pay. The situation degenerated
into another commotion with one Dukuly supporters, Losene Jabateh of
Bronx New York insulting the gate keepers accusing them of jealousy.
This situation was again rescued from becoming a big commotion when one
of Dukuly's supporters paid the $20.00 gate fee on his behavior.
The refusal of the candidate to pay on these two occasions has raised
eyebrow among FELMAUSA's members. Many are questioning whether Mohammed
Dukuly is responsible enough. According to one of the gate keepers who
spoke on condition of anonymity, "The President Elect has set very bad
examples on these two ocassions." According to this person, "How will he
refuse to support FELMAUSA when he's now the president?" The question on
the minds of many people now is if President-Elect Dukuly find it
difficult to pay $10.00 and $20.00 to support FELMAUSA what is he going
to do when he may be required to pay from time to time $100.00 to
$200.00 for FELMAUSA? To be a leader of any organization at the
community level is a huge sacrifice of time, energy and money and your
own very personal money as well. Is President Dukuly ready for this?
Well, we will see but the bad examples he has set so far may be an
indication that Mohammed Dukuly will run his administration on OPM
(other people’s money) while holding tight to his own.
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