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Qalibaf says Iran election law flawed
 [Iran Press TV Latest] Tehran mayor says there are some 'problems' in Iran's election law which have caused difficulties during both the election process and the counting of votes. "The fact is that there have long been problems in our country's electoral law, which has never been reformed," Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf said in a Tuesday interview with IRIB channel two. He added that the execution of the law in the June 12 presidential election was also flawed. Qalibaf also criticized what he called 'the absence of a proper system to informing the public' about the election results, saying this created doubts mong the people. Presidential contenders Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi have called for the nullification of June 12 presidential election result, which declared incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the winner with almost two-thirds of votes. Both Mousavi and Karroubi have filed complaints about 'widespread vote rigging' -- an allegation denied by electoral watchdog, the Guardian Council, and the Interior Ministry. Tehran's mayor also criticized the live TV debates between presidential candidates before the election, saying the debates were used by the candidates for 'defaming each other and making accusation against people who were not present'. Qalibaf, however, said that the TV debates contributed to the massive turnout in the election, adding that it would have been much better if the debates had continued after the election. According the Guardian Council, 85 percent of the 46 million eligible voters participated in the election. Posted by: Fred 2009-06-25 |
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