By de facto and de jure, the Gambia has become an effective one-party State
as far as the executive and the legislative arms of government are
concerned, thanks to PDOIS' and NRP's participation in a flawed electoral
process presided over by an APRC Chairman.

Halipha, alas you have got in to the NA thanks to the UDP boycott.
Bravo, What an achievement!

BMK


>From: Alpha Robinson <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: No one party parliament!
>Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 23:56:28 -0800
>
>Gambia-l,
>
>Those voters who voted to prevent the parliament from being entirely
>dominated by APRC, without being bribed or intimidated deserve
>commendation.
>PDOIS and NRP equally deserve commendation, for with their presence in
>parliament we now know nothing will be buried under the carpet and state
>affairs will, to some extent, be rendered transparent.
>
>CONGRATULATION!
>
>Alpha
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Abdoulaye Saine" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 8:17 AM
>Subject: Clarification Needed on Absentee Voter
>
>
> > G-L Community:
> >
> > There is some confusion in the use of the term "Absentee Voter" in the
> > current discussion/debate over the National Assembly election results.
> > The term, "absentee voter" is generally reserved for citizens who for
> > reasons of service to their country ( e.g.. armed forces) or location
> > outside their constituency or country cast their vote in advance of
> > polling day.  I do not think this is what is being refereed to here.  If
> > by this term you mean individuals who decided not to vote for reasons
> > that include boycotting the election to protest current political
> > arrangement, the term "non-voter" is more appropriate.  Just a point of
> > clarification.
> >
> > Abdoulaye
> >
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