Re: LB polls transparent: Commonwealth report
contesting elections exposes lotas and people who don't believe in democracy..so it has its advantages..as far as your attacks on the opposition are concerned they are I imagine the only way rigging can be justified (as was the case of the referendum)..there is nothing new about Musharraf and his supporters actions..no military leader has ever allowed unfavourable elction results (except yahya and then he simply ignored the results) and Mushy is no exception..the difference is Zia, yahya and Ayub never claimed to be ardent supporters of true democracy.
The difference is when the Military and civil service are ordered to use "agencies" to interfere in the election process by patronising favourites (the corrupt and purchaseable leaders that were made to form the PML-Q) it is subverting the very institutions it is supposed to honour and uphold.
In the end the report you cited is being quoted out of context in an attempt to excuse the inexcusable..for those really interested in what the report says they can access it online.