The government hasn't done anything to stop attacks and killings of journalists in the last 20 years.
This is not an election that will impact on the peace process. The peace issue was left out of the campaign by almost all the key parties.
Yes, the president is softening his pre-election hard line but I think it is still not enough to revive the peace process.
The president will try to get the nationalists on board but if that fails, he may go for a quick election.