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Imran Khan allies win shock victory in Pakistan election despite crackdown
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2024
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This is absolutely hilarious and wonderful to see, for anyone that values fair elections. In the last month, Pakistan has jailed Imran Khan (the guy that just won) on what are possibly trumped up corruption charges, then convicted him and his wife on further "non-Islamic marriage" criminal charges, and even denied Khan's party the use of their symbol, the cricket bat, in a nation where many do not read and rely on symbols to navigate ballots. The government even turned off phone and internet yesterday to try to fuck up the election for him.
And those are just the highlights of how diligently power brokers in Pakistan have been trying to get Khan out of the race and their own guy in.
What this article is saying is that because the people all came out and voted in droves, none of the rigging made any difference: Khan won in a LANDSLIDE in spite of it.
Remember this when people try to imply that one vote doesn't matter. EVERY vote matters.
Awesome comment. I wish this dude the best.
Preach.
Seems strange rooting for the anti-American candidate. Also: Former populist non-politician leader that was charged with corrupt bushiness dealings, mishandling US intelligence documents, and being 'non-religious' in his sexual affairs then kicked off the ballot? I wondering if this portends what will happen if Trump is behind bars in November...
Edit: I was talk about myself rooting for Khan, not the OP.
Then you didn't read my comment. I'm not for or against a given candidate; I am squarely FOR fair elections.
Also, not every commenter here is American, or even pro-American: who are you to turn every comment into a measure of how pro- or anti-American a comment is?
EVERYONE has a right to their own opinion based on their own experience and culture, including non-Americans and even non-pro-Americans, and there's not a goddamn "strange" thing about that at all.
No, you misunderstood. I as an American feel odd rooting for the anti-american candidate.
He’s not “Anti-American”. He just doesn’t believe in boot-licking the US and the West. Big difference.
To the Americans - there is no difference.
What? Sure there is. Obfuscation of facts is what leads to a shit media landscape.
Ah, got it. Thanks for the clarification.
Given the edit, this is a super misleading comment.