Democracy, or an Exercise in Fraud?: "International monitors led by a former Canadian prime minister said they had no confidence in the voter registration lists. Roman Catholic Cardinal Christian Tumi of Cameroon said the election, like all others in his country, was 'surrounded by fraud.'
But former members of the U.S. Congress on the scene were more upbeat about President Paul Biya's 71% landslide. "In general, the process was free," Ronnie Shows, one of six observers from the Washington-based U.S. Assn. of Former Members of Congress, told reporters in Cameroon. "This is what democracy is about."
By the time some folks are done, most decent places in the world will shudder when they hear the words "American democracy."
