Since the Presidential election result is being contested by the opposition, all is calm and life has mostly returned to usual although slowly--since until the result is final the Cabinet reshuffling cannot begin and so Central government is not really making any decisions. Local government is still going through the processes of sorting out the County-level cabinets and staff appointments.
Meanwhile the recently elected politicians (only the Presidential result is being contested) are trying to stop a recent edict lowering their pay by 5 or 10 percent. They are some of the highest paid politicians in the entire world, more so than most rich economies and it is crazy. The country can't afford it and it is a major cause of corruption and political favours. There was less arguing about the decision when it was made just before the election, yet now the new politicians have already been elected and don't need to care what their electorate think of their greed, they are going all-out to reverse the decision.
This Friday we'll find out the final result in the Court (either it stands, or is re-run). If there's a re-run (in 60 days), there will be much more waiting and the whole uncertainty will start over again. If the result holds, the opposition threatens mass action campaigns and so violence is likely to break out again (though hopefully it won't be too bad due to a prepared police force). So we're still waiting, but by next weekend we may know more....
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