“I will develop the areas that vote for me, but if you don’t vote for me, don’t expect anything.” – President Yahya Jammeh campaigning for presidential election 2006. voting starts today.
With campaign statements such as Jammeh’s, I’ll be surprised if he lost the election, why even bother with an election?
Related links: Q&A: Gambia vote:BBC.
Tag: Gambia
[...] As recent events in nations that run centralized/unitary (or pseudofederal) systems of government have shown, it encourages corruption, and promotes the marginalization of minority groups (Niger Delta, Nigeria) or those in opposition (Sudan, Darfur). Centralized government has led to the weakening of critical institutions and permissive of abuse of office (President Jammeh/Gambia). [...]
October 13, 2006 at 8:27 pm