Word: frauds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...written statement distributed moments before he stepped before White House reporters, Reagan said he found it disturbing that the election had been "flawed by reports of fraud, which we take seriously, and by violence...
Reagan added that the administration is concerned "about the violence that was evident there and the possibility of fraud. It could have been all of that was occurring on both sides...
...observers found widespread fraud in the Philippine presidential election, but it could be salvaged if the Marcos-controlled National Assembly can be pressured into counting ballots fairly, Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) said in separate comments...
Under Marcos' misrule and martial law government, the Filipinos have put up with a long tradition of election fraud--that is, when there are elections. Friday's election farce culminated two months of campaigning by Marcos and Aquino; it should also culminate Marcos' power. It is now up to the United States to apply pressure in order to achieve that...
Forget the ballots; Marcos has already made sure they will not be counted. What emerges from the fraud, the violence and the chaos of contradictory "quick counts" on election results is that Marcos is no longer the favored leader of the Philippines and maneuvering to stay in power by hook or by crook. In light of the civil unrest and the near-standstill in vote counting, the situation is on the verge of disaster, not of getting better...