Fix! Kremlin To Public Employees: You Will Vote Or You Lose Job, Comrade
From The Guardian:
It seems Putin has been pulling more than a few stunts leading up to this election.
The Kremlin is planning to rig the results of Russia’s parliamentary elections on Sunday by forcing millions of public sector workers across the country to vote, the Guardian has learned.
Local administration officials have called in thousands of staff on their day off in an attempt to engineer a massive and inflated victory for President Vladimir Putin and his United Russia party. Voters are being pressured to vote for United Russia or risk losing their jobs, their accommodation or bonuses, the Guardian has been told in numerous interviews with byudzhetniki (public sector workers), students and ordinary citizens.
Doctors, teachers, university deans, students and even workers at psychiatric clinics have been warned they have to vote. Failure to do so will entail serious consequences, they have been told.
Analysts say the pressure is designed to ensure a resounding win for the United Russia party and for Putin, who heads its party list. The victory would give him a public mandate to maintain ultimate power in the country as “National Leader” despite being unable to stand for a third term as president in March.
Full Guardian article here.
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i would not trust the guardian or the graunaid as private eye calls them for numerous typo’s,imagine the democraps running a newspaper and you get the graunaid, load of veggy eating peacenicks
November 30th, 2007 at 2:32 pmI can imagine it
If I recall Putin CV, that’s the way he came to rule Russia, he lose many times his job : as a former KGB when URSS broke down, then he enroled as an anonimous in ST petersbug administration, moved to the vice Mayor situation, then the mayor lost the election, Putin has no more job and was free to restart a new training in Moscow ; we know yet with what success he got the first position ; and heads the whole country with his party ; so if people don’t vote for their boss,they will lose their job, it’s the alternative ; and Putin won’t make sentimentalism about that ; he experienced this situation in his former positions all the time.
yet, different situation for him, he is now the big boss and can decide the rules for the others
November 30th, 2007 at 3:27 pmThe New World Order. Collectivism, looting, oppression, and amorality.
December 1st, 2007 at 12:24 pm