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Momodou
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 Posted - 01 Mar 2007 : 13:08:33
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WADE BRIMS WITH CONFIDENCE
OFFICIAL RESULTS PENDING
By Baboucarr Ceesay in Dakar
After casting his vote at point E, Dakar, Wade swaggered that there will be no second round. He said "I am optimistic and I think that I will win in the first round. I think so because there is a great mobilization being done. I hope that I will register success". Wade made these remarks in the presence of his son, Karim, and his wife, Viviane, as journalists from the national and international press jostled for photos and words from the tired looking candidate of Sopi 2007. He wore a grand boubou (light blue), the colour of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS).
His supporters applauded him and chanted 'Gorgui! Gorgui!' (the old man, in wollof).
Some voters in Ngorr and Ouakam complained of being bared from voting despite holding valid voters' cards. They said they were barred because their names were not found in the voters' list. They said that they were disenfranchised.
Some polling stations in Dakar opened later than the prescribed time for the closure of polling (6pm). The electoral officers allowed the voters to continue voting. The huge voter turn out was responsible for the extension of the voting period.
Votes were counted on the spot and so far the provisional result reveals that Abdoulaye Wade scored more votes than the rest of the candidates in Dakar Plateau, Pikine, Mbao, Parcelles Assainies and the interior part of the country such as Kolda, Ziguinchor, Saint-Louis and the surroundings.
However, information transmitted from Italy to Dakar reveals that Wade has the upper hand in the polls. In Brescia, the first 3 polling stations whose results reached Senegal showed that Wade is leading with 866 votes out of the 1167 votes cast, out of 1787 registered voters, followed by Idrissa Seck who polled 144 votes, and the socialist candidate, Ousmane Tanor Dieng who got 57 votes. Reports, however, have it that Wade won in Turin, Bergamo, Bologna, Vicenza and Milan, always followed by Idrissa Seck and Ousmane Tanor Dieng.
In Bambay out of 75,435 registered voters, 50,895 cast their votes, out of which Abdoulaye Wade polled 33,000 votes, Abdoulaye Bathily 862, Mamadou Lamine Diallo 280, Robert Sagna 294, Cheikh Bamba Dieye 201, Mam Adama Geuye 147, Talla Sylla 153, Idrissa Seck 9031, Ousman Tanor Dieng 4111, Louis Jacques Senghor 136, Moustapha Niasse 1127, Modou Dia 74, Landing Savane 1222, Alioune Petit Mbaye 102 and Dodou Ndoye 153 votes.
According to the provisional results of the twelve areas Bambay, Diourbel, Gossas, Kolda, Linguerre, Ranerou, Kael, Matam, St. Louis, Kedougou, Oussouye and Ziguinchor, Wade has defeated his opponents throughout, leading with or securing 61.06% of the votes and is followed by the following candidates, Ousman Tanor Dieng with 10.25%, Idrissa Seck 9.62% Robert Sagna 6.06% and Mustapha Niasse 5.49%.
In a related development, sources close to the electoral commission said the final results for the Sunday 25th February, 2007 would be released officially not later than Friday 30th February 2007.
Supporters of Wade were seen in the city of Dakar with their Sopi T-shirts as if they are rehearsing for jubilation.
Landing Savane congratulated Wade and said he accepted the results while Talla Sylla said he did not dispute the results. Abdoulaye Bathiley, on his part, stated that the result of the election is not a reflection of the state of mind of the Senegalese people and did not show the real weight of his Coalition Jubanti Senegal.
Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 024/2007, Feb 28 - March 1, 2007
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