• LibsEatPoop [any]@hexbear.net
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    The scale of the rigging is massive.

    Before the election, PTI was banned from participating. It’s leader, Imran Khan was jailed. Many of it’s politicians were tortured into dropping out. Many party cadre too have been beaten and killed.

    During the election, internet had been shut down. Despite it all PTI-affiliated “independent” candidates were winning anywhere from half to two-thirds of all seats. And because it was so unexpected, the news channels were showing the vote counting and results live on air for many hours. Until of course they stopped. When they resumed, the ones who were supposed to win started winning again in many areas.

    Right now PTI-affiliated independents are still the ones with the most seats but are nowhere close to a majority. The army rigged enough votes to make the other two parties able to create a weak coalition government, which is the best government for the army.

    On the other hand, the whole affair has laid bare the true face of the army for young Pakistanis. Maybe something can happen from that.

    Edit: r/Pakistan collecting evidence of election rigging

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    This is the revolutionary electoralism liberals dream about but they won’t sanction the corrupt army generals or PPP/ PMLN politicians. Everything they profess to believe is a lie.

    Extra extra: Massive election rigging in Pakistan. US sanctions Venezuela.

    Edit: IK and the PTI is so popular that they won despite the massive election rigging.

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      I’ve seen multiple articles already saying the result is rigged etc. Western copium being distributed en masse right now.

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        It’s rigged when it’s a candidate USA rulers don’t like. It’s “will of the people, deal with it” when it’s someone they do like.

        Despite it still being bs bourgeois elections