General apathy and abstentions marked Sunday’s vote for France’s president in the country’s overseas territories in the Americas. Despite being allowed to vote before mainland France and being visited by the main candidates in the run-up to the election, approximately 38% of voters went to the polls in Guadeloupe and turnout on French Guiana barely broke 50%. Nonetheless, Global Voices Online clues us in to the strong feelings that a few bloggers have on the candidates.
Yesterday’s elections produced a runoff between Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Segolene Royal. BBC News provides a handy chart of how Sarkozy and Royal stand on the main election issues.
Links- Caribbean Net News, EiTb, Jamaica Gleaner, Daily News, Global Voices Online, Canada.com, BBC News
Image- Jamaica Gleaner (Segolene Royal begin greeted during her January 2007 visit to Guadeloupe)
2 comments:
These were presidential elections.
Dammit! You would think that I would get the terms rights after I made that mistake in a post a few months ago!
Thank you, francis. The post has been corrected.
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