"Alieu"
 
Yep, extending the time of poll closing to 6.30 was definitely the icing on  
the cake, the closing masterpiece for a well orchestrated window dressing  to 
make it appear that the APRC was complying with the rule of law. I hear that  
most folks did not even know about this extension until it was too late. Yet,  
they They did not comply with the high court ruling to stop those not  on the 
register from voting. Talk about contradictions!
 
Jammeh supporters staying home because they knew he was going to win? Who  
ever heard of such a thing? Well, my good sister Fatou Jahumpa has repeatedly  
said that the elections were a foregone conclusion and that Jammeh would win. I 
 even saw where she predicted a 70% win. Perhaps the Jammeh camp knew  
something that the rest of Gambians did not know. Who knows?
 
As for contesting the time that polling stations close, well Bambalaye  
already answered that question. I am sure you know that ours has not been a  
country where the citizenry can depend on the constitution or any  ruling by the 
courts to prevail as evidenced by the voting register issue and so  many other 
rulings that have been tossed in the garbage.
 
The APRC keeps pretending they are playing within the rules but then they  
are forever contradicting themselves and so they end up looking like someone  
dressed to kill but who forgot to put on their pants so their backsides are  
exposed for all to see.
 
Jabou Joh
 
In a message dated 9/28/2006 10:22:50 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
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Jabou,
There is ceratinly a possibility of vote buying in  every voting including 
upto the UN. In America it is defined as  lobbying.
However, I would hate to hear that is what the APRC did. I  personally think 
the oppostion stayed home because they knew Jammeh was going  to win. It is 
also possible some of the voters who stayed home are Jammeh  supporters who knew 
he was going to win anyway so why waste time to  vote.
The other aspect of this no one is putting into consideration  is it rained 
heavily in some parts of the country. I remember in Gambia folks  used to stay 
home and not go to work just because it rained.
If I  were an oppostion, the one thing I would not have consented to was to 
have to  polls closed that early. They were extended to 6:30 PM. That was still 
too  early. Imagine if they were allowed to close as scheduled at 4:30  PM.
Alieu.

[log in to unmask] wrote:

In a message  dated 9/28/2006 8:05:51 A.M. Central Daylight Time, 
[log in to unmask]  writes:

"If less than 60% of the registered voters voted, how come  Jammeh won in 
EVERY single area? He did not win only in Foni. The guy won  even in Badibu 
and 
Bakau."






Maybe someone bought  their vote and that is why they stayed home. The puzzle 
we have to figure  out is who engaged in vote buying? The very fact that 
Jammeh won  everywhere is pretty interesting and could be indicative of other 
things  aside from all of Gambia just opting to vote overwhelmingly for  him.

Jabou  Joh

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