I keep hearing more and more stories of why people are fed up with the President and the way he spends Senegalese people's money. In 2002, it was well known that the boat taking passengers from Dakar to Casamance in the south of the country, was old and unsafe. The President declared he did not have the funds to replace it; and then went out and bought a private jet for his many jaunts abroad. Several weeks later the boat sank. It had a capacity of 550 but over 2000 people were on board; 64 survived. The tragedy was totally avoidable and people are still angry for the President's negligence. Victims' families were promised compensation. 7 years on and still no sign of it.
Thought I'd post some pics of the remnants of the campaign. Every available space seems to have been plastered with election posters, which are now slowly peeling away.
Campaigners have clearly been out in force with their paint. Most of the billboards for SOPI (the coalition incorporating the current ruling party) have red paint splattered over the face of the guy running for position in Dakar.
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