As The Gambia gears up for presidential elections in September questions are being raised about the preparations for the polls, but a clampdown on local journalists means independent scrutiny is in short supply. In an interview with IRIN, the leader of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), Ousainu Darboe, alleged there are problems with the way new voters are being registered. He alleged people from the Casamance region of neighbouring Senegal and from flat-broke Guinea-Bissau further south are being registered to vote. Tax breaks, the promise of smoother immigration procedures, and cash are all being used to lure people in, he said.
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