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December 13, 2006
Friday, city councils
It's the city councils elections here on Friday. Four years ago, people were fed up with the struggles of the reform movement and frustrated of trying and not seeing as much change as they expected, they decided to baycott the election. They just remained in their home and let the hardliners win. That was the first elective victory of now president Ahmadinejad. He was then selected as the mayor of Tehran by the hardliner city council.
Now it's still hard to convince the people of the role they can play, to convince them to get out on Friday and vote! Democracy is not in the political culture here yet. People are not used to it. They don't believe their vote counts. It takes years for democracy to be settled.
Posted by delaram at December 13, 2006 12:59 PM
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