Malanding,

I agree and I am also bewildered as to why the opposition parties did not
protest at the last minute changes to allow voters not on the list to vote,
especially in view of the record of Roberts. Please see what this email also
says.

Re: Break-down of VOTERS / Tombong
Date:   10/25/2001 11:35:03 AM Central Daylight Time

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Jabou,

Tombong will never come back to you with the rest of the information because
Darboe just came on BBC crying foul.  Interestingly, he cited the same
figures that the L used as example, the Niani Constituency. There was
clearly a 105% voter participation rate.  Too late though for Darboe to cry
foul. Although the reasons he gave for conceding the elections were
laudable, such gross manipulation of the registration process was good
enough a reason to boycott the elections.  In Senegal, when the Opposition
questioned the motive of Diouf for importing voters cards from Isreal and
threatened boycott, the PS withdrew. Either we go back to the voter cards
that we all trust or we will boycott, cried Wade and the rest of the
Opposition. The rest is history.


In a message dated 10/25/2001 12:09:46 PM Central Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:

> Beran,
> I am not in anyway being personal but Mr Darboe and his team should be told
> that this is not the time to complain about the conduct of the IEC.
> Afterall, it was Mr. Darboe and his team who went to courts to claim that
> Mr
> Roberts appointment was illegal. It was Mr Darboe and his team who agreed
> to
> join the elections presided by the same Mr Roberts less than 2 months after
> they went to courts. It was the Mr Darboe and his team who decided to take
> part in last Thursday's election despite all the cries of illegal
> registration, intimidation and all sorts of apparently illegal decisions.
> It
> was the same Mr Darboe and his team who, after Mr Roberts flip-flopped on
> the counting centers and registration were quoted by reporters that they
> were happy about the conduct and optimistic about the results.
>
> The fact is that Yahya did not force any one party to run in the election.
> They decided on their own accord to play the game even though  Mr Roberts'
> records were far from desirable. As much as I did not want
> another 5 yrs of Yahya, I say to all the opposition particuarly Mr Darboe
> and team you should have known better.
>
>
> Malanding Jaiteh
>

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