US pleased with Pakistan election

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration said Tuesday that while Pakistan's election was a step toward restoring democracy in the key U.S. anti-terror ally, it is holding off on a definitive assessment until final results are in.

With President Pervez Musharraf's ruling party conceding defeat in Monday's vote, the State Department said Tuesday it was "pleased" that the election, which was postponed from January after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, had come off relatively peacefully and without major apparent fraud.

"This is an important step on the path towards an elected, civilian democracy that reflects the choices of the Pakistani people," said Nicole Thompson, a department spokeswoman. "We and others in the international community have stressed the importance of having as free, fair and transparent an election process as possible."

She noted there were numerous international and independent local election monitors who had yet to offer reports on the voting process, and she declined further comment until they had spoken and the final official tally is released.



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[LynnTheDem]

1. Nothing else the bush Cartel could say, after their boy lost so badly.

As for the "we love free & fair elections" bullshit...how're US relations with the democratically elected governments of Iran & Palestine going?

It's the hypocrisy (and the lies, and the slaughtering and the torture) stupid!