Bailo,In the extracts below, there is no indication from either AU/ COMMON WEALTH or BBC that the elections were free and fair. No international observer has yet reacted to the outcome. How you came to your conclution is beyond me. You see we in the UDP are not crying faul, we said we rejected the results based on very tangible reasons and thse reason we are putting forward to the IEC and international community. Some of which I belief you already saw and knew.  (1) Electoral Chairman failed to verify with our party whether the votes emanated from Janjanbury which has been endorsed by two APRC gig wigs in the town was actually accepted by our representative before signing it.(2) In the Foni and Bakau and many other areas only APRC representatives endorsed the results while the issues our representatives had were ignored by the IEC.(3) We all saw it together that in the IEC Reporting room, there was Alhagie Sering Faye a diehard APRC supporter with Mustapha Carayol why? How comes we were not represented? How comes Serign Faye would first inform Gambians first when results came and hand over to the chairman? If we want free and fair results.Inm the GRTS Kebba Dibba/ Malik Jones all APRC diehards were the pannelists where was the balanced cake? Bailo I have plenty and thye above we saw it together  therefore make what ever judgement you want.

king
 Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:58:47 +0000
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Subject: President Yahya Jammeh wins 4th Presidential term
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The Gambian electorate turned up in unprecedented numbers (83 percent) and overwhelming rejected the political opposition by handing a landslide victory (72 percent) to the incumbent, President Yahya Jammeh. This is undoubtedly the most free and fairest presidential election held during the 2nd Republic. There was no apparent voter intimidation or coercion and all the political parties were allowed access to the State television during the official campaign period. The Gambian electorate were simply convinced that Yahya Jammeh is a better choice than Ousainou Darboe, leeader of the UDP and the opportunistic chameleon, Hamat Bah candidate of the so-called United Front. Moreover, the political experiments and strategies spearheaded by the
 PDOIS leadership have ended in total failure. In conclusion, I unreservedly congragulate President Yahya Jammeh on his victory and further urged him to continue embracing and promoting a more democratic and good governance culture in our homeland. BailoThe following report is extracted from the BBC News Website:
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Gambia's Yahya Jammeh wins fourth presidential term

     
         
 
                	
                        
        
  

    President Yahya Jammeh says his popularity lies in the development projects he has undertaken
  
	
        	

                      The
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has won a fourth term in office in
Thursday's election, taking 72% of the vote, the election commission
has said.
        Electoral chairman Mustapha Carayol said voter turnout had been 83%.
        Opposition candidates Ousainou Darboe and Hamat Bah took 17% and 11% respectively, he said.
        Ahead
of the poll, the West African regional body Ecowas said the vote would
not be free or fair because of intimidation by the governing party. 
        The
15-nation bloc said its investigations found "an opposition and
electorate cowed by repression and intimidation" and it refused to send
election observers to the tiny West African country.
        But
observers from the African Union (AU), Commonwealth and the
Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) did monitor the poll. 
  Civil liberties
	
	

              Mr Jammeh came to power in a bloodless coup 17 years ago.
        After he cast his vote on Thursday he said he was in no doubt that he would win.
        "In 17 years, I have delivered more development than the British were able to deliver in 400 years," he told the BBC.
        "Do I look like a loser? There is no way I can lose unless you tell me that all Gambian people are mad," he said.
        Mr
Jammeh's government has been criticised by international rights groups
for its attitude to civil liberties, especially freedom of the press
and the detention and disappearance of journalists.
        In
response to such criticism, he said on Thursday: "The journalists are
less than 1% of the population and if anybody expects me to allow less
than 1% of the population to destroy 99% of the population, you are in
the wrong place."



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