Monday, March 10, 2014

Amazing: Leader of authoritarian gulag state unanimously “elected” with 100 percent voter turnout « Hot Air

Amazing: Leader of authoritarian gulag state unanimously “elected” with 100 percent voter turnout « Hot Air: "Well. It’s certainly an expression of something, although I don’t know that I’d title it “profound trust.” The state media agency has yet to announce the results for the nearly 700 members of the Supreme People’s Assembly — not that they even matter, because the “votes” for the government-selected, single-candidate ballots are not the basis through which Kim Jong Un is going to be selecting his deputies. Analysts are saying that Kim is looking to institute a shift away from some of the old guard (like the power-player uncle he had executed late last year) in his inner circle and consolidate his power by replacing them with younger, more loyal, and presumably less independently-minded members."



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