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This ECOWAS election observer who lacked the balls to speak up
concerning the irregularities that smeared the Togelese presidential
election should be absolutely ashmamed of himself/herself and
immediately decline to serve as an observer in future election
monitoring teams. All it takes for evil to thrive in this world of ours
is for good people or supposedly good people to keep quiet over
immorality. Why is this fellow raving and ranting over the BBC network
when as part of the ECOWAS Team of election observers he joined the
bandwagon of make-believers to say the poll was free and fair? See,
there comes a time when someone has to stand up and bell the cat for
the common good: Martin Lutheer King Junior did it in the US, Rosa
Parks did same, Mahatma Ghandi did it in India, Nelson Mandela did it
in South Africa,etc. How long shall we grumble in our armpits? Nay!
PETER VAKUNTA
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From: e3ryarl <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2005 1:29 pm
Subject: Togo Poll Winner
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> BBC NEWS: Wednesday, 4 May, 2005, 09:37 GMT 10:37 UK
>
> Togo poll winner to be sworn in
>
> The son of Togo's long-serving leader, Gnassingbe Eyadema, is due
> to be inaugurated as president following last month's disputed
> elections. Faure Gnassingbe was confirmed as the winner of the
> polls on Tuesday, when the Constitutional Court rejected an
> opposition claim the poll was rigged.
>
> Security is tight in the capital after violent opposition protests
> last week. Mr Faure was initially sworn in after his father's
> death but international pressure led him to step down.
>
> The BBC's Ebow Godwin in the capital, Lome, says the city is calm
> and schools have reopened for the first time since last month's
> elections.
> 'Irregularities'
>
> The Constitutional Court said the opposition appeal that the
> election had been rigged, "lacks substance, evidence and merit".
> "The court proclaims Faure Gnassingbe elected president of the
> republic," said court chairman Atsou-Koffi Amegah.
>
> Opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio told the BBC that he rejected
> the court's ruling and said his party would not join a
> transitional government, as urged by West African regional
> grouping Ecowas. An Ecowas observer told the BBC on Wednesday
> that he saw "irregularities" during the polling.
>
> Martin Assogba said that in one polling station in Faure
> Gnassingbe's northern stronghold, more ballots were cast than
> there were registered voters.
>
> However, the official Ecowas delegation says the elections were
> broadly free and fair, despite a few isolated problems. Thousands
> of people have fled Togo for neighbouring Benin and Ghana as a
> result of the political violence since the election.
>
> At least 22 people died in unrest, mostly in areas of Lome where
> opposition support is strongest. The BBC's Elizabeth Blunt, who
> covered the elections, says Mr Faure is going to need all his
> charm if he is going to knit Togo back together after an
> acrimonious campaign and what the opposition believe was a stolen
> election.
> And he also has to woo international donors, especially the
> European Union which cut off all development aid 12 years ago
> because of his father's excesses.
>
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