A United States official had said that Liberia is not ready to organise the general elections it has announced for October.
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Mr Blaney said Washington was concerned that "preparations for the 2003 elections were inadequate, and that necessary conditions do not yet exist to permit free and fair elections".
"Let me say that the United States wants to see a free and fair election and will not support, nor recognise, the results of any fraudulent one," he said.
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Why on earth are we sticking our nose into this?!? Let the Liberians run their own country--we have enough problems running our own country without trying to manage every other country on the planet!
posted on January 3, 2003 10:29:11 AM new
Maybe the US government is afraid that a Liberian candidate may be legally and lawfully elected by a majority of the popular vote. This would set a bad precedent for elections in "other countries."
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We call them our heroes...but we pay them like chumps
[ edited by mlecher on Jan 3, 2003 10:31 AM ]
posted on January 3, 2003 12:48:03 PM new
"Let me say that the United States ~~ will not support, nor recognise, the results of any fraudulent one," he said.
