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Free and Fair Elections

June 22, 2008 – 9:23 pm by BH

Referring to Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, Mr Kagame [Rwanda’s President] said, “If somebody stands up boldly and says, whether the other side wins or not he shall still hold on to power, why make a fuss about elections then? Why don’t you just say I am in power and I am here to stay and then try to justify that?

The whole thing is just a joke.” The Rwandan president, Mr Kagame in his address to the press also questioned why Zimbabwe’s current leadership is trying to give the impression that there is a democracy in the southern African country yet it has openly declared it won’t hand over power.

Link. Zimbabwe’s story is very sad but it is not without precedent. AS recently rediscovered a list of old jokes about the former Soviet Union. This seems pertinent:

When did the first Soviet elections take place?

When God put Eve before Adam and said: ‘Choose yourself a wife!’

Here are many more. It’s nice to know there are still some geocities sites out there on the web.