This article is relating to the voting process in Iran. There was an article in the L.A Times that catch my attention alot. The article is talking about how the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's populism and attacks on the West trumped criticism of his handling of the nation's financial crisis and had alot results towards his action. Indeed, "Hundreds of their members, including high-profile candidates, had been removed from the ballot by the Guardian Council, a body of clerics and jurists that vets candidates for loyalty to the country's Islamic system" just to get what they want. There was alot things going on in that moment, like 40 of their 50 legislative seats and remain a minority voice on the voting in Iran with Ahmandinejad Camp. Then the Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi said "71% of the 290 seats in parliament would go to conservative factions" After that seem that 60% of the country's 43 million voters turned out. As it seem that nothing is changing because it figures that the ruling and voting described as a "glorious" defeat for the interests of the U.S. and other Western enemies becuase whats going on in the Presidents voting camp and the effects of the individuals. Then it seems that on Monday after the votes from Tehran and other cities are counted. Pourmohammadi said "the figures would probably not change more than 2 or 3 percentage points" He states that nothing is going to change but only a little bit and thats not going to work at all. Everything thats going on is focusing on the Guardian Council struck many of their leading candidates, and the ballot before the elections are accusing them of violating the ideals of the 1979 "Islamic Revolution". After all five or six reformers in the 8th parliament can be good enough for the reformist struggle toward a further open society and efecting everything in Iran and was going in that communtiy elections and votes towards the presidents camp.
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I think removing people from the concunil is affecting the voting just like it would in any part of a country.
I think if a revolution would happen their would be more chaos than anything else.
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