We were at a little coffee house in Sinkor on the main road today, , when we heard a lot of noise in the street. We went to see what was happening. There was a car with one of the political candidates with her head through the top of the car. Around her were lots of young people, rallying for her and her political party. A Libarian woman who we were having coffee with, came out of the shop and starting getting quite worked up.
She told us that the young people only join in with the rally because they get T shirts and at the end of the rally they all meet and have food. So while it all looks good on the outside, it is not quite as it seems. She told us about a group of young people who came and asked her to stand for the elections. "Mama" they said " we want you to stand, we are happy to sell you our votes" because that is how it is here, the young people are not even interested any more in who gets in, but what it means in real hard terms for themselves.
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