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| Yemen defected General alleges that Saleh forged 2006 elections |
| 2011-10-12 |
| [Yemen Observer] The defected general Ali Muhsen said Monday that President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower... forged the presidential elections of 2006 after his rival won. In the 2006 presidential elections, President-for-Life Saleh ... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence... had 78 per cent of the vote while his main rival, the opposition coalition candidate, Faisal Bin Shamlan had 21 per cent of the vote. The elections was recognized by the opposition and the international community as " reasonably free, fair and competitive". " At the end of the day of election, I went to president Saleh in his palace, he was very sad, he told me the computer made a mistake," general Muhsen told a group of journalists in his office. Then , they spent three days to correct that " mistake" and Saleh was announced as the winner and Bin Shamlan the loser. " Saleh is still alive, Allah Almighty may preserve him and give him long life, you can make sure of what I am saying by asking him," said the general to the journalists who were only demanding him to release their colleague Mohammed Sudam, Reuter's news hound, who was kidnapped by the general's soldiers two days ago. " this is the real story of the 2006 elections, so what constitutional legitimacy he is talking about," the general wonders. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 NO! Really? Gee, and he seems like such a nice, understanding tyrant, too... |
| Posted by: mojo 2011-10-12 17:53 |