Reaction to Nigerian election
The press was full of dreadful predictions about the Nigerian election. Many of them, it seems, were accurate. The procedures were "sketchy," the fraud visible to observers, and the results far from legitimate.But the predictions about public reaction and rejection of the results?
News 24, a South African online service, suggests that acceptance of a flawed electoral system in Nigeria is the theme of public reaction to the presidential election.
Nigeria largely calm after poll
"A women's group demanded the arrest of Nigeria's top electoral official, while the country's labour union head denounced rigging and violence in last month's polls, but plans by politicians to turn May Day celebrations into opposition rallies were largely ignored...
"[T]he opposition heads said they hoped to capitalise on the traditional worker's marches held on the first of May and spark widespread protests.
"Yet although many of the thousands of workers gathered in Lagos expressed dissatisfaction with the vote, few were willing to brave the police and army gathered outside the stadium to make their voice heard.
"'The election has been done already, we can't change it,' said 23-year-old Bukky Sanusi, a transport worker. She had registered but decided not to vote because she was worried about rigging and safety.
"'They already decide who wins. Why should I risk myself?' she shouted over the music of a nearby police band..."
posted by Ken Wedding @ 7:27 AM
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