tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post2740736829478887593..comments2023-10-06T10:10:06.982-04:00Comments on La Russophobe: Victory in GeorgiaLa Russophobehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672264388217953086noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-10310238474045483532008-01-08T10:53:00.000-05:002008-01-08T10:53:00.000-05:00What do you make of allegations of fraud from the ...What do you make of allegations of fraud from the opposition?<BR/><BR/>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3152139.ece<BR/><BR/>The coalition backing Levan Gachechiladze, the principal opposition candidate, said that they had uncovered violations that invalidated up to 100,000 votes, more than the margin of Mr Saakashvili’s first-round victory. <BR/><BR/>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3149164.ece<BR/><BR/>Party officials told The Times that they had uncovered many discrepancies between vote protocols submitted to the Central Election Commission (CEC) from Georgia's 3,511 electoral precincts and records collected by their own monitors. <BR/><BR/>Kakha Kukava, a member of parliament with the Conservative Party of Georgia, which backs Mr Gachechiladze, showed two examples where numbers had been altered to increase Mr Saakashvili's total and reduce those of his rival. <BR/><BR/>A bundle of 200 ballot papers — all in favour of Mr Saakashvili and stamped with an official seal — were in a plastic bag on his table. Mr Kukava said that a supporter of Mr Saakashvili had been prevented from stuffing them into a ballot box at a precinct in western Georgia. <BR/><BR/>........<BR/><BR/>We must fight for greater democracy everywhere - in Russia, in Georgia and in the West.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-46998156488867998842008-01-06T17:58:00.000-05:002008-01-06T17:58:00.000-05:00"Although these conditions are normal ones in any ..."Although these conditions are normal ones in any democratic country, many Western officials and pundits urged that Imedi be reopened immediately and almost unconditionally. They seemed willing to overlook the fact that this channel was overtly being used since September against Georgia’s democracy and had been turned into a potential security threat to the Georgian state."<BR/><BR/>Now what does this remind me of?<BR/><BR/>Oh.<BR/><BR/>Chavez and RCTV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com