>  JD> On the contrary.  Malcolm was legally elected by the ZCC to replace
 >  JD> theo other.
 >
 >    "Legally"? According to what law?
 >
 >    "Elected"? Who were the other candidates to vote for?
How long did their
 > election campaign last?

Who were thye other candidates?  Why the rest of the ZCC of course,
including Ward, until it was decided a new IC was needed.  Even then,
he could conceivably have been returned to office.

 >    You don't think this "legally elected", but, never the
less, done deal,
 > looks a helluva lot like how things have always been performed in quite a
 > number of dictatorships in this world, do you?

No.

 >    C'mon Joe! You have enough life experience to see straight through a rigg
 > "election" and call it by it's proper name -- a coup, don't
you? Forget for
 > just a few seconds on what foot you're wearing the shoe.
 >

Sorry, but no.  The ZCC decided to replace him, and it was done.  He
was replaced in exactly the same way he replaced the previous IC.

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