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Wednesday, 1 February 2012

The one eyed among the blinds

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List of
The Arab League of States

 
Those who never, ever, did hold elections :
Saudi Arabia
Oman
United Arab Emirates
Qatar

Those who never lost in any election :
Morocco
Mauritania
Algeria
Iraq
Yemen
Bahrain
Libya
Tunis
Egypt
Sudan
Kuwait
Jordan
Syria



Exceptions :
Tunis
( only now, has the first real election since 55 years)
Egypt
( only now ,the first election with any substantial-choice since 50 years)
Kuwait
( once, the Prince has closed his parliament for 26 long years
and he might do it again )

The Lebanon
is
the one-eyed among the blinds
that has regular elections ,each 4 years,
with winners and real-losers ,
and a civil-war , too.


Raja Chemayel
my uncle has lost 7 times, in 50 years , in the Lebanese-elections.

River to Sea Uprooted Palestinian  
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