Do you think the elections last week in Uganda were fair?
112015
Nothing in Uganda will ever be fair becos it is a dark country. LOL
819799
Well, now that the Democrats are doing fairly well, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the machines anymore.  What a coincidence!!  Just wait though, if they lose, they will have to blame it on something or somebody else though.  Its how they roll.
484823
great ? for sure, especially for the anyone outside the gulf south. nagin won for several reasons. first & foremost to me (registered voter in orleans parish) mitch and willy ray failed to distinguish themselves or their platforms and both remained very non specific as to how, what, when etc.\nsecondly, despite what could be said about nagin, he had a relatively successful first 3 years after the morial debacle of how not to do contractual business with city gov. \nno way anyone can fix the whole system in 3 years. \nThird, Mitch is from the good ol boy network and long time family in politics as we all know. he raised twice what ray did, ran more ads, said over and over 'zero margin for error', and scared alot of people into believing he'd be busy paying back his backers with more of the same in favored contracts and self interest.\nLastly, to understand really why he won, one must look at the exact demographics of who did and did not vote. 38% turnout aint exactly flocking to the polls and there were only about 20k absentee/early votes. \nas much as it wasn't about race it was. and voters have always tended to vote with polarity, not just in the south.
734987
I voted a straight Democratic ticket this time around (Independent here) with no hesitation whatsoever.  My vote, even as a straight ticket, was directly related to Iraq.
621501
They are fully justified.There is a limit to votebank politics.Just to appease their OBC votebanks the Govt is trying to deprive the General Category students of their seats.There is a limit to reservation.It is not that there is no reservation,reservation already exists but now they want to get it upto 50% and that is real pathetic and if the students are protesting which is their right in a democracy I see nothing wrong with that.
51060
Verdict of History\nThis Day (Lagos), 18 October 2000\nLagos—Last weekend former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, came on the centre stage, once again. In Jos, Plateau State his associates put together a three-day symposium with the theme, The Babangida Regime: Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation. \n\nAt the symposium were those men who served in Babangida's government. Leading the orchestra was the then chief of general staff turned vice president, Admiral Augustus Aikhomu. Then there were Hamza Abdullahi, Alex Akinyele and Uche Chukwumerije, all ministers in that government. There were also retired military officers some of whom did say they could follow Babangida to battle blindfolded - John Shagaya, John Inienger, Tunji Olurin, etc. Not left out were palace advisers like Sam Oyovbaire and a coterie of court historians. The purpose of the symposium was simple - to defend the programmes and policies of the Babangida administration, revise the nation's history and reposition the self- styled Maradona as a leader with vision. \n\nThe temptation was there to ignore the symposium considering the fact that the participants therein were yesterday's men who have been so completely forgotten, if not irrelevant, that they are today looking for attention and relevance. A symposium to reclaim Babangida if not the devil himself could only provide a convenient platform to get the needed attention. But then Babangida's signature was too prominent on the symposium to be ignored. The former president was not physically present at the symposium; he delivered a dinner speech entitled, We have reengineered Nigeria. A master of philosophical obfuscation, Babangida attempted very strongly to explain away the present democratic dispensation as the consummation of his administration's vision and the realisation of its goals. Nigeria is today a democracy. I am happy... that our vision for which I had invested all of my energy and tasked my colleagues even beyond endurance, has been fulfilled, he asseverated in self-glorification. \n\nBabangida made some other claims. He said his government did not deliberately go out of its way to abridge anybody's rights. Whenever an infringement of rights occurred, it must have been an error, not deliberate. He said his vision was to build a democracy that would endure. He asserted that his presidency has changed Nigeria irrevocably, that the country has been so reengineered that today we all live in a new Nigeria. He contented that his regime faced so many challenges some of which generated the kind of momentum that were neither fathomable nor within human control. Statecraft in essence is about taking decisions and solving problems. Both require courage, resolve and nerves; but more especially foresight and fortitude, Babangida said. He gave the impression that while he was not lacking in all these, his administration did make some mistakes, just as any mortal would have done. In accepting responsibility for every mistake of his government, he said he expects the understanding and magnanimity of Nigerians. In every line of his speech Babangida valiantly tried to rewrite history, using a combination of half-truths, meaningless phrases and outright lies. \n\nBabangida's desperation is hardly surprising. Throughout his eight-year reign, he was very concerned with his place in history. Everything he did and said he had an eye on the verdict of history. Luckily for him, as military president he had enormous goodwill. He charmed the nation with his toothy smiles and confused the people with the constant twists and turns in his social engineering policies that Nigerians practically ate from his hands. But then Babangida mistook his heroism for immortality; he assumed that popularity was synonymous with sainthood. He overreached himself, dribbled the people once too many and annulled the June 12, 1993 presidential elections. It is a measure of Babangida's perfidy tha
650697
No, not at all. Reservation of all types should be done away with. Actually politicians are playing this game to save their vote bank.
457470
might get a honest election ?
918661
How about this!! The recent mid-term elections were covered quite differently both across the country and around the world. Some European papers down played the election as ho-hum; while other played it as a near overthrowing of the United States. This should give you something to work with.
759144
no , todays  politicians are  only working for vote , not for people . remember  when medical  students were   opposing    reservation system peacefully  &  they  got  heavy lathi charge  ,concerned  minister  was  not ready  to even meet for few minitues ,
759195
No. \n\nAnd just a comment...I can't wait until these elections are over. I'm tired of the meaningless political questions where people think that their opinion is the only correct one.
301837
in the past white people have had the edge regardless of their qualifications.  now, however, white people who may be more qualified than their minority competition may be losing out.  it happens and anyone who says it doesnt is wrong.  things should be equal and the government should stop overcompensating for the past.
649729
It is upto JJ. The pre-poll, post-poll surveys and the election results show that Vaiko (MDMK) has not brought any votes to her alliance. Rather his campaign has created a negative impact among the voters as he has lost his credibility by switching alliances.
768304
I think they might have been able to pick up one or two of those close Senate races that they had lost.\n\nBad political move.
1111967
Did you know that the last two Presidential elections were won by 30% of voters for 22% turnout?\n\ndon't tell me they can't vote to better their country.
896716
It could well be that close!\n\nAll I can do is vote, and hope for the best.
670100
There is some doubt in my mind if he was every fairly elected. The first election he was appointed and the second had several states that had discrepancy's. I just hope that in November that we can get a fair election. I can't believe that many people was so stupid that they ever voted for him in the first place, and the ones that still back him have no real reason as to why.