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| Local Iranian elections to test Ahmadinejad |
| 2006-10-17 |
| Candidates began registering Monday for local council elections - a December vote expected to be a first test of public approval for hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Any public dissatisfaction is likely to come from fellow hard-liners, unhappy with the economy and the way Ahmadinejad is running the government, and not from reformers. Some conservatives criticize the president as being strong on populist slogans but weak on achievement. The December 15 elections are also expected to revive the debate on the way Iran is run. All candidates for village and town councils will be vetted by the Guardian Council, a body of conservative clerics that disqualified numerous reformist candidates from the 2004 legislative elections, enabling hard-liners to win control of the parliament. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Depends. How much of the population lives outside the urban areas? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-10-17 21:16 |
| #4 he's only popular with the ignorant, the poor and the overly pious Frank, doesnt that make it 95 percent of the Iranian population ? |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2006-10-17 12:06 |
| #3 He's a popular man. Right up there with Saddam, Stalin and the others who are so popular they get 99.9% of the vote. |
| Posted by: anon 2006-10-17 10:42 |
| #2 he's only popular with the ignorant, the poor and the overly pious |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-10-17 08:20 |
| #1 The local people will adore mahmoud down to the bitter end. No surprise here, move on!! |
| Posted by: smn 2006-10-17 00:39 |