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"Western-style elections, however, are a game for the rich," he said.
Mr. Bush, in his visit, told Iraqi politicians in a brief meeting that he still preferred indirect, caucus-style elections.
The political process favored by American officials calls for caucus-style elections for a transitional assembly that would then appoint an interim government by June 30.
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With the Iraqi Governing Council voting Sunday to support the principle of direct elections, the American plan for caucus-style elections is in doubt.
But he said the current system resembled "the old Soviet-style elections" in which shareholders basically have no choice but to either abstain from voting or sell stock.
Following the ayatollah's objections to the American plans in June, the White House came up with the Nov. 15 accord with its caucus-style elections.
Under the current plan, a transitional assembly -- several hundred Iraqis from every region and social sector -- will be chosen in caucus-style elections from the country's 18 provinces.
Though many Sunni Arabs bitterly oppose the American occupation, their best guarantee of retaining representation in the transitional assembly may be through the caucus-style elections.
Those plans, outlined in an agreement reached between the authority and the Governing Council on Nov. 15, call for caucus-style elections throughout Iraq's 18 provinces by May 31 for members of the interim assembly.
