Fair elections are only for countries with US hated dictators our government has overthrown. Our undemocratic allies get all the support they want no matter what they do to their opponents. That’s how US democracy works. Pro-US people get elected or they are overthrown by a CIA or US led military coup.
According to an AP article, Sat, Oct. 06, 2007:
“Pakistan's Musharraf sweeps election
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON
Associated Press Writer
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's Gen. Pervez Musharraf swept Saturday's presidential election, according to unofficial results, but the Supreme Court could still disqualify the military leader in the vote boycotted by nearly all of Pakistan's opposition.
The election by federal and provincial lawmakers was a one-sided affair. Just over half the eligible lawmakers turned out to vote, with nearly all the opposition parties abstaining or boycotting to protest Musharraf's bid for a new five-year term while still army chief.
In total, Musharraf won 671 votes, compared with just eight for his main rival - retired judge Wajihuddin Ahmad. Six ballots were invalid, election officials said.
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that the official results can only be declared after it rules on complaints lodged by Musharraf's opponents that his candidacy is unconstitutional.
The complete unofficial results were announced just 80 minutes after the five hours of voting, broadcast on national television, was done - and ruling-party lawmakers were claiming victory even before counting began. Only a handful of the government's opponents were among the 685 of the 1,170 eligible lawmakers to vote.”
So while democracy was so needed in Iraq that we sent in troops, Pakistan gets along just fine without it.
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