Brother Omar Joof,

  One of the very first things I wrote today read "...Naturally, one must 
wait for
  leaders on the ground to publicly declare their opinions on the outcome of 
the elections..."  All the same, inspite of our obvious predicament, if one 
can call it that, we have the chance to make observations from published 
data, and perhaps even draw sensible conclusions from these. This daisporan 
search for answers is perhaps a natural reaction to our frustrations, for 
simply being far away from the action, for waiting, for making numerous 
phone calls, and yet feeling insufficiently informed.

  I agree with you that poverty goes a long way in explaining the very 
backward practice of selling one's voice. The Economics of Voting and the 
Failure of the Grand Coalition are two elements in identifying voter 
migration and voter apathy.

  Many thanks,
  sidibeh

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