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Pot. Meet Kettle
June 18, 2005 ( politics )
From the BBC:
US President George W Bush has criticised the presidential election taking place in Iran on Friday as ignoring the demands of democracy."Iran is ruled by men who suppress liberty at home and spread terror across the world," he said in a statement released by the White House.
The front-runner is former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
However, he faces a tough challenge from two rivals, meaning a run-off vote may be needed for the first time.
Mr Bush criticised Iran for blocking hundreds of reformist candidates from running.
"Power is in the hands of an unelected few who have retained power through an electoral process that ignores the basic requirements of democracy," [Bush] said.
How many countries has Iran sent into political upheaval recently?
How fair and democratic is the US electoral-vote system?
How many of the hundreds of independent candidates were on the US presidential ballot?
Unelected few? Do I even need to go there?
Posted by griffjon at June 18, 2005 01:26 PM
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