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 > > > > <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> > > > > To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface > > at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > > [log in to unmask] > > > > <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> > >To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>