Did we need a press statement from the APRC-controlled IEC to know that we would not be allowed to vote? Months ago, I said that Roberts gave himself wriggle room to come back and tell us that IEC does not have enough money to register Gambians living abroad. Like I keep saying, one does not have to be a clairvoyant to anticipate the moves of these morons. I knew Roberts was lying when he said that they wanted to register people in the Diaspora. Roberts was just singing to the tune of Sedat Jobe. At the onset I told people that the reason Roberts brought the matter up was that Sedat Jobe went to Senegal and promised APRC supporters that they would be allowed to vote in the elections. Now let us watch Roberts and see if they are going to selectively register certain Gambians living abroad. Now that they have succeeded in unlawfully registering the Gambians and non-Gambians living in Senegal, that are sympathetic to APRC, the IEC cares less if the rest of the Diaspora is registered. Rather than re-registering the whole Gambian electorate, the IEC should have used some of its meager resources to register the Diaspora. The local re-registration exercise should have been limited to people without valid voters' cards from previous elections. But we all know that the IEC is not motivated by economics and commonsense. All the IEC is interested in, is 'electing' Yaya by hook or by crook. He must fight to ensure that that does not happen. KB _________________________________________________________________ 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------