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Another vote

Disagreeable

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And another win for the Islamic fundamentalists. It really looks like Democracy isn't working out in the Middle East the way that Bush promised us. Link below; my emphasis.

"Kuwait's Islamist-led opposition has gained a parliamentary majority in historic elections in which women took part for the first time although no female candidate won a seat, official results said on Friday.

The opposition, a loose alliance comprising Islamists, liberals and nationalists, now has 33 seats in the 50-seat parliament, a gain of four, with Sunni Islamists faring best.

Commentators considered the result of Thursday's polls an outright defeat for the government of this oil-rich Gulf Arab state.

The opposition needs 33 seats to claim an absolute majority in the chamber, because 15 of the 16 cabinet ministers are ex-officio members who have the right to vote despite being unelected, thus taking the house membership to 65.

The opposition's resounding victory could prompt authorities to drop ministers deemed objectionable by the new opposition MPs, as one of their few powers is that of voting ministers out of office."


http://metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20060630-042625-9142r
 

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