Sunday, September 23, 2018
Democracy exists in odd places!
Via Reuters: An obscure member of parliament has won election as President of Maldives by 58%.
Yameen, the incumbent, is a classic Roaring Mouse, who has used the "global warming" racket to enrich and strengthen himself. He has also used China's money to build infrastructure. The challenger seems to be representing India against China.
The incumbent tried hard to rig the election but failed.
Yameen’s government has jailed many of his main rivals, including former president and his half-brother Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on charges ranging from terrorism to corruption. Police late on Saturday raided the main opposition campaign office saying they came to “stop illegal activities”, after arresting at least five opposition supporters for “influencing voters”, opposition officials said.Influencing voters is a crime. Sounds extremely familiar. Just like Mueller. Despite everything, a real election occurred and the opposition won. Will Yameen still manage to overturn the result? Will the local Deepstate refuse to cooperate? The latter is likely but not guaranteed. Deepstate isn't in control everywhere... Italy is a strong and immediate counterexample. Conte and Salvini pulled a handbrake turn, and the bureaucracy turned with them. I tried to get a sense of which side is Sorosian, but online info doesn't help. OSF doesn't mention Maldives. Looked at bios of other politicians in Solih's party. None of them indicate an agenda on local issues, except wanting to get rid of Yameen's party and restore their own party. That's not an agenda, just the job description of every politician! ¶ 3:34 PM
