Tombong,

Can you please enlighten us on this paragraph of The Independent of Monday 24th September?


"All these actions and the very fact that the GRTS also used more than two
hours of tape to show President Jammeh's 'hired' crowds on nomination day
while only allotting less than one minute to the opposition crowds is a
clear manifestation that the political playing field is not level, and the
outcome of any elections under such an environment cannot be free and fair.
We can all therefore hope and pray that those who remote control the GRTS
would respect the IEC media rules during the official campaign period and
allow all the candidates equal and unfettered access to the public media. We
also expect all the other sectors of the public services, including the
security forces; at least for the period of the campaign to minimize their
obvious biasness towards the APRC, otherwise, we shall never expect free and
fair elections."

Thanks

Sloans

PS.
I do like the phrase "Jammeh's 'hired' crowds"

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