Very well said Kabir.
God Bless and Peace Be Upon All
Alasana Bah
>From: Amadu Kabir Njie <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: WADE WINS-DIOUF CONGRATULATES WINNER
>Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 00:24:40 +0100
>
>Tombong,
>
>When genuine political analysts predict a scenario, they leave room
>(margin)
>for error; and they distance their ego from it. After all, you cannot
>appraise human beings as you would physical data!
>People have opinions and those opinions vary, depending on time, place and
>experience.
>
>When you predicted victory for Joof due to voter apathy, you failed to take
>into consideration the fact that many who did not vote in the first round
>because they believed that "you cannot change African governments through
>the ballot" would suddenly see after the first round results that "it is
>indeed possible" and would therefore exercise their civic duty during the
>second round of voting.
>
>Remember the economic conditions of many of those voters have deteriorated
>markedly during recent years and they suddenly glimpsed a ray of light at
>the end of the tunnel. Remember too that many of those who voted for Gibou
>Kah in the first round rioted when he announced that he was going to throw
>his lot behind Joof. So you erred terribly when you assumed that all those
>who voted for Kah in the first round would do so also in the second round.
>They voted for him in the first round because they wanted change and he
>betrayed them, and since change was still possible if they voted for Wade,
>they went right ahead and did just that.
>
>To conclude, let me say that the only government that I know of that can
>say
>for certain that it will win elections even before a single vote is cast,
>is
>that which you represent! Your Yankuba Touray is on record as having said
>that "If you vote for us (APRC) we will win, if you don't vote for us, we
>will win". Please whisper in his ear that "power belongs to the people", as
>has been amply demonstrated by the people of Senegal.
>
>Regards.
>
>Kabir.
>
>
>
>
>TOMBONG SAIDY <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Congratulation to Wade and the opposition. I predicted wrong and i own
>up
>to
> > my words. Kabir and co. congratulation. The Senegalese people have
>spoken.
> >
> > PEACE
> >
> > TOMBONG
> >
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