Refusal to Accept Quotes



After coming to power in a coup, he had been in office for 22 years, and had been elected in less than "fres and fair" elections. As in many dictatorial nations, the ruler so contols the media and surpresses significant opposition so that he can obtain the "ligitimacy" of having been elected. However in 2016, despit his control of the entire system, public opinion was so much against him, that even with the various devices and artifices to control; the election, he lost. His repose was to claim that the election was fraudulent and tained and pointed to evidence of such. However the actions he claimed tainted the elections were all done by his minions tryiing to rig the election in his favor.