Showing posts with label electoral fraud. Show all posts
Showing posts with label electoral fraud. Show all posts

Sunday, November 27, 2022

Reflections on the electoral fraud in Cuba

 “I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this - who will count the votes, and how.” - Josef Stalin (1923)

"En Dictadura No Se Vota" translates to "In Dictatorship You Don't Vote"

In a free society, one elects who will represent them, and one can petition their neighbors to vote for them and run for office. In a communist regime, one decides whether or not to suffer the consequences of not affirming the dictatorship by voting in an exercise in which there is no choice in representation. The Castro regime held what it called "municipal elections" on Sunday, November 27, 2022. Those in power made the decision about who would be selected before the public vote.

There was also a massive internet outage for over six hours on the eve of the election. 

Independent observers who wanted to monitor the vote were blocked from doing so, and some of them were placed under house arrest reported Marti Noticias today.

No transparency, candidates vetoed by dictatorship, independent monitoring of the vote blocked, and disillusioned voters pressured to go vote in the polls to demonstrate their fidelity to the dictatorship.

These are not free elections for voters to select candidates that will represent them, but a vote imposed by the dictatorship that demonstrates a "revolutionary affirmation" for the communist regime.

It is an electoral fraud, and Cubans are tired of it. Even the regime's official numbers that are not independently verifiable are reflecting it.

There has been a nonviolent effort to encourage Cubans not to take part in this electoral farce by various civil society actors. Below are two English translations of Tweets related to the ongoing fraudulent vote in Cuba.

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Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Bolivia: the battle for public opinion continues, and the restoration of democracy begins

Evo Morales committed electoral fraud in an attempted coup against Bolivian democracy.

Coup plotters: Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua, Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela and Evo Morales in Bolivia
Listening now to the OAS Permanent Council as it considers the situation in Bolivia and the governments of Mexico, Nicaragua and Venezuela are attempting to rewrite what took place. In the case of the latter two countries the irony that they claim to be defending human rights and democracy would be grounds for satire if it were not so tragic.

 Evo Morales attempted to follow the path trod by Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela and Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua. Both succeeded in undermining the rule of law, judicial independence, and compromised the electoral system in a slow motion coup against their respective democratic systems. Maduro and Ortega succeeded, and Morales appears to have failed in Bolivia.

 There had been long term slow coup carried out by Evo Morales that sought to perpetuate his regime for another term power. Morales had already been in office for 13 years and nine months in power, and would have completed 14 years in office at the end of the current term.

Evo Morales and his regime undermined the rule of law in Bolivia, compromised the independence and integrity of the judiciary and the electoral system that violated democratic norms. Furthermore Morales tried to build a highway through a national park occupied by indigenous communities that met popular resistance in 2011 and again in 2017. Morales also ignored a 2016 referendum against scrapping presidential term limits, and the October 20th fraudulent election combined with repression of protesters was the last straw for many Bolivians.
Morales had the Latin American disease of autocrats, he didn't want to leave, and Bolivian democrats should remain vigilant. This is not over. This is why the opposition maintains mobilized and in the streets. Now is the time to focus on restoring peace, stability and organizing free and fair elections that meet international standards with full guarantees.
The Castro regime, its vassal state in Venezuela, and the rest of the Sao Paulo Forum are mobilizing to back Evo Morales, denouncing his departure, and still seek to carry out Morales's coup against Bolivia's democratic order.
Today, violent protests continue in the streets both against and in favor of Morales, and calls for civil war now by pro-Evo groups. However it is important to remember that the three killed in the protests are all members of the opposition. The democratic opposition must hold firm, and use non-violent tactics to bring order to the situation.
At the international level Cuba, Venezuela, China, North Korea and others will work with larger and informal communist networks to demonize the legitimate aspirations of Bolivians, with the aim of restoring Evo Morales in power.
The stakes are high. The tragedies unfolding in Nicaragua and Venezuela should be two cautionary examples for all Bolivian democrats.
The battle for international public opinion continues, but the restoration of democracy and the rule of law in Bolivia begins, and its success will play an important role in who wins the battle for international public opinion.
Behind these efforts to destabilize democracy in the region is the Castro regime, which underscores the importance of a democratic transition in Cuba for a democratic consolidation in Latin America.

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