French Election Attracts Interest in Senegal
May 28, 2007
Dakar 06 May 2007 |
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Interest Voting also took place in Dakar, where there are thousands of French With a distinct choice of candidates in the final round of the Senegalese-born Royal was the top vote getter in Senegal in the An important issue for many voters is immigration. Sarkozy, who has A lawyer, Samir Ftouhi, says Mr. Sarkozy will not be good for a multi-cultural France. "He is not good for a social, political and a multi-confessional France,” said Ftouhi, One woman waiting to vote says she thinks it will be good for France to have a female president. "I think that it will be really great to have women running all countries," she said. "They will not fight like those men." But she thinks that Senegalese men would not vote for a female president here. "I think that if it was in Senegal, men would not vote for a woman," Georges Ghora, who has been living in Dakar for 12 years, was one of "I believe that according to the situation, the actual situation in Both candidates have said they may make radical changes to the
Nicolas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal
is high in Senegal for the French presidential election, where one the
two candidates, Segolene Royal, was born. Selah Hennessy reports from
Dakar that controversial immigration policies by her opponent Nicolas
Sarkozy have also stirred a debate.
citizens and dual nationals. About 10,000 people were registered to
vote in the French election.
French election, the conservative Sarkozy and the socialist Royal, the
election has been a hotly debated issue in the former French colony.
first round, with more than 40 percent of the votes. Most voters
returning to the polling station on Sunday say they will vote for her
again.
put national identity at the center of his campaign, has called for
tighter rules on immigration.
she said. "In this case they are just thinking who is good for Africa
and who is not."
the few voters who said he supported the conservative candidate. He
says France needs a strong president like Sarkozy who can keep France
united.
France, we would rather go for a president who is strong, who can hold
tightly the French community and the republic," said Ghora.
policies of France in Africa. Currently, French troops are being used
as rapid reaction forces in several conflicts on the continent, in
divided Ivory Coast, Chad, and the Central African Republic.
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