Briefly: Monitor casts doubt on Bahrain election
The Associated Press
An election monitor cast doubt Sunday on the legitimacy of Bahrain’s parliamentary election, which gave pro-government Sunni Muslim candidates a majority of seats.
The monitor, Abdulla al-Derazi of Bahrain Human Rights, said there was “circumstantial evidence” that at least three opposition candidates in the U.S.-allied kingdom were defeated by fraudulent means in the runoff election Saturday.
Two government spokesmen could not be reached Sunday for comment.
The opposition, led by the country’s majority Shiites, won just 2 of 11 races, leaving them 3 seats short of a majority in Parliament’s elected lower house, Bahrain state-run television reported, citing official election results.
Briefly: Monitor casts doubt on Bahrain election
The Associated Press
An election monitor cast doubt Sunday on the legitimacy of Bahrain’s parliamentary election, which gave pro-government Sunni Muslim candidates a majority of seats.
The monitor, Abdulla al-Derazi of Bahrain Human Rights, said there was “circumstantial evidence” that at least three opposition candidates in the U.S.-allied kingdom were defeated by fraudulent means in the runoff election Saturday.
Two government spokesmen could not be reached Sunday for comment.
The opposition, led by the country’s majority Shiites, won just 2 of 11 races, leaving them 3 seats short of a majority in Parliament’s elected lower house, Bahrain state-run television reported, citing official election results.
