caitlyn
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ORIGINAL: Estring I dare anyone to show me an election where everything went perfect. In 2002, there was a Presidential election in the Congo, where Denis Sassou Nguesso won with 100% of the vote. A few weeks before the election, the warlord banned his two chief rivals from the ballot. One of these men turned up dead. The last challenger, Andre Milongo, mysteriously decided to pull out, but insisted, ."My withdrawal is not a pretext for disorder. Elections should not be confused with armed struggle." This seems to have gone as close to perfect as Mr. Nguesso could have planned ... other than the Congo being so close to Chad.
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