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Barghouti complains of election irregularities
Mustafa Barghouti, the main rival to Mahmoud Abbas in Sunday's Palestinian elections claimed that voting irregularities had taken place. He said that the ink used in some polling stations to mark voters' thumbnails could be removed. "Two gross violations have been committed during the electoral process," Barghouti told reporters before casting his ballot at a school in Ramallah. A statement issued by his campaign team said that the indelible ink used to ensure that voters cast their ballot only once could be easily washed off. It added that certain polling stations in the Gaza Strip and three in the West Bank had been affected, shedding doubts on the prospect of transparent and fair elections. "I am demanding that the CEC (central elections commission) investigate these violations," said Barghouti who is around 30 points adrift Abbas in most opinion polls.
Posted by: Fred 2005-01-10 |
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