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Comment on Why Saakashvili Lost? by Vladimir

Vladimir — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:24:57 +0000

Nicu,
perhaps you may re-write this article?

Comment on Why Saakashvili Lost? by Roger Cole

Roger Cole — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:43:03 +0000

Victor,
I don’t know what country you are from. Victor sounds like it is English, but I could be wrong. Anyway, the only point I was making was that the vast majority of states are not members of NATO, the nuclear armed military alliance that has been going to war with, invading and occupying country after country for over a decade and is about to go to war with Iran. I agree with the point made by Electoral, that countries should not interfere with the internal affairs of other countries as outlined in the UN Charter, which is why PANA opposes Irish membership of NATO and the creation of a common EU foreign, security and defence policy. After all, Ireland was part of the British Union for 119 years and that Union was at war somewhere in the world for all of them. Once in our history is enough, and there is no rational case for doing the same within the European Union. What the people of Georgia decide is their own business.

Comment on Why Saakashvili Lost? by Nicu Popescu

Nicu Popescu — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 08:04:09 +0000

This was of course written on Tuesday early morning before all the results came in, and before it was clear that UNM lost not just the proportional voting but also the competition for single seat constituencies

Comment on Why Saakashvili Lost? by Nicu Popescu

Nicu Popescu — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 08:01:32 +0000

hard to say, but they will probably stick together for a while on both sides of the political divide. i don’t think there will be an early majour split..

Comment on Why Saakashvili Lost? by ahto

ahto — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 19:29:17 +0000

whilst the social side of the economy was an important factor, it was the prisons that did it (dwarfing the effect of the roughly 10% “adjustment” of the vote the UNM had seemingly prepared for).

Comment on Why Saakashvili Lost? by Adrian

Adrian — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 18:34:40 +0000

Nicu, you have a sense of humour!
I totally loved the way you turned around Saakaschvili’s defeat into a “long-term victory”

Comment on Why Saakashvili Lost? by paco

paco — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 23:41:18 +0000

Uh, Sweden, Finland, Austria (when it was just next to Soviet control)? Along with Switzerland, aren’t those neutral countries by far the most desirable places to live in the world? How in the world did you come up with the observation that these places are “suffering”?

Ukraine suffers because it tries to play both sides down the middle – always threatening its neutrality. Its politicians use this to distract the public from their constant stealing.

Comment on Why Saakashvili Lost? by Victor

Victor — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 23:08:25 +0000

The Non-Aligned movement is an incoherent joke. But your point actually proves mine. Where did the Cold War confrontations (wars) take place? In non-aligned countries!!

Only the Irish consider Ireland “neutral”. It is very easy to be neutral when you are an island in the middle of the West. And if you know the history of your country, you know that it didn’t behave neutrally in the most important periods of confrontation.

Comment on Why Saakashvili Lost? by Electoral

Electoral — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:01:27 +0000

It is good to see that this post Soviet Country that decided to be Democratic, is remaining Democratic, even though the Government lost the Election.

I have no opinion on other Countries as respect to their System of Government, other than to say that Countries should not interfere in the internal affairs of other Countries as is enshrined in the United Nations Charter.

There has been allegations of Vote Rigging and Election Fraud, and I have to say that have difficulty understanding how a 15 % overall lead in the Single Seat Electorates using the First Past the Post Voting System could produce such a small majority, because it should produce much larger majorities.

The new Prime Minister has done the right thing by seeking a Legal and Constitution answers to the concerns of Vote Rigging and Election Fraud.

This is the Proper Approach, not only because of the regrettable and example with the last Moldavian Election where Rioters took to the streets on rumours, even though it was discovered after much unrest and a second unnecessary Election that no Vote Rigging and Election Fraud had occurred in Moldova.

The new Government can hold proper Opinion Polls in each Single Seat Electorate so as to know how to have a Democratic Redistribution of Electoral Boundaries for the next Election, and to better understand if there was any Vote Rigging and Election Fraud.

The newly Elected Government now has the responsibility to Represent the Citizens of Georgia.

Comment on Why Saakashvili Lost? by Roger Cole

Roger Cole — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:58:27 +0000

Victor,
There are 120 states in the non-aligned movement representing 55% of the world’s population and there are 17 observer states. There are only 28 in NATO representing 20% of the world’s population and it has spent most of its time over the last decade supporting wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and is on the verge of going to war with Syria and Iran. It is of course up to the people of Georgia whether they join in NATO’s perpetual wars or not or if they should join the non-aligned movement. My country Ireland, is not a member of NATO, but is a member of the EU which NATO has described as a “strategic partner” and has actively engaged in NATO’s wars for over a decade.