Sentence examples for dubious election from inspiring English sources

Mr Karzai won office after a dubious election, and he admits to widespread official corruption.

But a dubious election could be just as bad as no election at all.

They were inspired, some said, by the resistance of Iranians to political repression that followed dubious election results in 2009.

Egypt has a leadership installed by a military coup and confirmed by a dubious election; the Libyan state has collapsed into anarchy, presided over by predatory militias.

At a dubious election in 2001, the president's supporters ensured that a coalition of Islamists from the Pushtun minority took over the provincial government.

Fighting broke out again after rebel leader Charles Taylor won a dubious election, and he was forced into exile in Nigeria two years ago.

In the electoral bodies that came under fire during this year's dubious elections, where one head is under investigation and the other has resigned, no independent replacement has yet been appointed.

In an interview, Mr. Roth attributed much of this posturing by foreign governments to the Bush administration's promotion of democracy while still accepting the results of dubious elections.

Mr Deby, who came to power via a coup in 1990 and has won a number of highly dubious elections since, sought to play down the attack on Abeche and the challenge to his rule.

FEW foreigners had heard of Na Kham Mwe a rebel commander also known as "Mr Moustache"—when he seized control of Myawaddy, a border town, the day after the dubious elections Myanmar held in November 2010.Today, Na Kham Mwe is counted among Thailand's 25 Most Wanted.

But after December's dubious Duma election, Ekho Moskvy's role as one of the media resources of protesters put new pressure on Mr Venediktov.