In order to further bewilder the bourgeois and petty bourgeois (as NFP likes to call all those who oppose Zardari), we now have footage of Presidential Elections in NWFP.

MPs can be clearly seen showing their ballot to powers that be, presumable so that they can take ‘corrective action’ against those obstinate MPs who want to use their own head and conscience in choosing the next president.

Worldwide, balloting is done in secret for a reason – so that they remain impartial and there is no peer\party pressure.

Meanwhile

The Awami National Party (ANP) has accused the electronic media of carrying out camera trick to make news out of a non-issue and to make the “highly transparent” presidential election controversial by showing footages of the NWFP MPAs violating sanctity of the ballot. [..]

Leaders and parliamentarians of the ANP said showing the marked ballot papers during the presidential election was not meant to doubt the loyalty of their colleagues and ruling partners, but a sign of sincerity towards a joint candidate of the ruling alliance and most of the parliamentarians did this for ‘fun’.

Show of stamped ballots was just for fun: ANP

Tsk tsk tsk. Shame on the media for highlighting such issues and on bourgeois and petty bourgeois for carrying out ‘unfair and untrue’ character assassination of Zardari by highlighting his hard-earned assets and self-less, people-serving, democracy-loving need for power.

Suckers these enlightened elitists, they dont let us have fun!

See original article at ByZENtine