Ndey,

The tie between the political elite and the economic one is so tight that only few intellectuals
can challenge the system and survive.  Any one who choose to be intellectually honest must also be
willing to give up a lot of privileges that goes with higher education.  The situation is not
helped by the undemocratic nature of Ganbian society(by this I mean the ruling elite who are
always driving for the exclusion of opponents or even supporters who say that what is being done
may not be right)and the blatant disregard of the 1997 constitution and the payment of lip service
to the rule of law.

Secondly, the reward for the intellectuals in terms of standard of living will stand at about 10%
of that  enjoyed in the West. Let us remember in a market oriented economy, which means that any
person will go for what is in his/her best interest.  What is best for the individual is normally
set by his/her ideological standpoint.

alanmbooj


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