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 > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] > if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------