Pasamba,

I smell the same thing. I am following the reports coming out and i will not be suprise if guy declared
himself the winner.  They love power and they can't just let go.


The Struggle Continues!!!
Ndey Jobarteh

Pasamba Jow wrote:

> Well does anyone smell rat?I don't want to jump the gun,but i think the
> opposition have won the election,and Guei is out to rig the results.Let us
> wait and see what the outcome would be.
>
>   Monday, 23 October, 2000, 19:17 GMT
> Soldiers deployed at Ivory Coast count
>
> Soldiers have been deployed at Ivory Coast's electoral commission premises,
> where votes were being counted after Sunday's presidential elections.
> Journalists were also ordered out of the building, and the president of the
> commission, Honore Guie, appeared on state television at 5.10 pm (1710 GMT)
> to announce a break in publication of the election results.
>
> He said they would be resumed two hours later, and rejected claims that he
> had been arrested and kept under house arrest.
>
> Initial results released early on Monday put opposition candidate, professor
> Laurent Gbagb,o ahead of military ruler general Robert Guei.
>
> But both sides have been claiming victory in the poll, which had a turnout
> of less than 35%.
>
> Results
>
> In his television address, the commission president denied allegations of
> his arrest saying: "That isn't the case. I'm here and the results will
> resume around 7pm (1900GMT)."
>
> He attributed the break in the publication of the results to a problem with
> receiving them from the provinces.
>
> "The results were no longer coming in from the interior of the country," he
> said, adding that the commission had then decided to give its staff and
> others a break.
>
> According to the French news agency, AFP, an electoral commission source
> reached by telephone did not want to say what was going on inside the
> premises, but then broke into sobs, saying: "Stop, they will beat us."
>
> Shortly before the commission president appeared on television, some 30
> soldiers prevented several acccredited journalists from entering the
> commission, which had previously been guarded by police.
>
> Reuters news agency reported that soldiers had blocked off roads leading to
> the commission in the business district of Plateau in the main city,
> Abidjan.
>
> As Mr Gbagbo's camp confidently predicted victory, General Guei's insisted
> their candidate was winning.
>
> Most opposition politicians, notably former prime minister Alassane Ouattara
> - head of the Rally of Republicans (RDR) - were prevented from taking part
> in the poll by a Supreme Court ruling on 6 October.
>
> Casting his vote amid tight security in central Abidjan earlier, General
> Guei described Ivory Coast as "a land of peace".
>
> "All will happen calmly, the winner will win," said the general.
>
> He promised to respect the results of the vote, and stand down if he was
> defeated.
>
> General Guei's 10-month rule has been characterised by political instability
> and rapid economic decline
>
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