From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

George Sherwood wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 14:18:43 +0000, Adam wrote:
>
>
>>>>Stability is what's important.  A bit like why in your country people
>>>>gerrymander senate/congressional seats etc.
>>>>
>>>>Don't much like the person m'self but obviously the Belarus
seem to love
>>>>him......
>>>>
>>>
>>>LMAO. So you really believe this is the will of the people there?
>>>
>>>George
>>
>>Partly.
>>
>>I would have been curious to see what a really free & fair election
>>would have been but hey that's treu wrt Azerbaijan etc as well.
>
>
> I don't even think the two were comparable.  In Belarus observers where
> denied visas at the border, Georgia was accused of terrorism and its
> observers sent home.

& in Azerbaijan they were simply ignored.

> Even the Russian papers figured that Lukashenko only
> had between 25-50% support.

I wonder what Aliev's figures really would have been esp with a free &
fair press & an unfettered opposition.

> How does that turn in such a great victory
> margin?  In Azerbaijan the ruling party just barely got half the seats.
> For Lukashenko this would have been unacceptable.  Even the EU is looking
> at sanctions.
>

Shrug. Most of these places are run via a "strong" president
& a "weak" parliament so..

>
>
>>However wrt the people..I know that a lot of the Belarus cherish
>>stability over uncertainty & frankly think all pols are the
same & that
>>in reality it doens't matter who you vote for you always get the go. I
>>mean look at Georgia & the Ukraine, what improvement to the man in the
>>street has there been thanks to the Orange & Rose revolutions?
>
>
> I know the Georgian's are very happy to be free of the Soviet style rule.
>

I'm sure they are. So are the Russians but Russia is still there & it
ain't soviet no more.

Adam

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