From a friend from Kiang, really despondent about the election results, and our country's state of affairs... >Saul, > >I cannot really understand what the hell happened to those idiots in Kiang >East. Saul, I have been made sick by the results of this by-elections. It >shows the level of political consciousness in this country and the >political >naivete of our people in Kiang and probably everywhere else in the >provinces. > >Saul, I cannot believe the results myself. I found it really difficult to >believe that after all the havoc this regime has wrecked on this nation, >there will still be people who will cast thier votes for them. > >For Kiang, it was really money that changed people's mind. Could you >believe that the ruling APRC used over D2 million just to capture that >seat. They >were giving some compound heads huge sums of D5,000 and D10,000 depending >on >the number of votes in a compound. They were buying cheap things like >bicycles, radios, tape recorders, etc for our illiterate mothers, brothers, >sisters just to get their votes. Saul, what happened in Kaing is >incredible. >I cannot really explain all the dirty tactics the ruling party employed >just to get the Kiang seat. > >Saul , you know how poor people are in the provinces and their poverty >has been aggravated by the inability of this regime to even purchase their >nuts. Believe it or not, up to this very moment, some farmers are still not >paid >for their nuts. If somebody, who is waiting to be paid for his nuts and is >not even sure of getting his money in the next 4 to 5 months, is given >something >like D2,000, he/she will certainly sell his/her votes. Some women were >heard >saying in various parts of Kiang that "no matter which of the two >candidates get elected, I >will never get such a huge sum of money from him. So why should I not take >it?" Saul it is really a pity, >isn't it? > >Saul, you see our people in the provinces and even those in our so-called >urban areas cannot actually analyse political situations and forgo >immediate benefit for the future one. They value the few thousand Dalasis >these >idiots give them more than anything else. It is really a pity. If not >because of our people's lack of capacity to analyse and know what will >benefit them in future, they will certainly not vote for these idiots and >ignorant fools. Somebody who has failed to purchase your nuts for years, >now coming with money to purchase your votes. Any reasonable human being >should really see the ill-intention of such a person. But Saul, our people >are not reasonable people. That is the bottom line. > >Saul , really we are doomed, because our people who constitute the >majority of our populace are not really politically conscious. > >Saul, as for me I am really pissed off with everything in this bloody >country called The Gambia. From now on, I will fight very hard to get out >of >this mess, if not I will die very quickly of anger and frustration. I am no >longer interested in my job. I go to work any time I like. If I am not >married , i will leave this bloody government job and try to get out of >this >place. > >Saul , my fear is that the other Kiang seat(Kiang West) may also go to >these >idiots in the forthcoming general elections if care is not taken. A lot of >people are switching political loyalty these days in Kiang West for one >reason or another. With this defeat in Kiang East, a lot more may also >changed to the bloody ruling APRC... >----- Original Message ----- >From: saul khan <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 7:40 PM >Subject: Kiang elections > > >> > > Mr., > > What the hell happened in Kiang East? Are your people out of their >minds? > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------