More on the Election Commission

So we have an unfair Election Commission. Whoop dee doo! So many countries don't have an impartial Election Commission, not even our beloved United States of America. In the US, state governments regulate election laws, leading to confusing contradictions, and complicated ways to rig the election. Our ways of rigging elections pale in comparison (in finesse, not in effectiveness) to theirs - booth capturing, intimidation and killing opponents. Our democracy is an extremely fragile coalition of fundamentalists, Macchiavellians and common thugs, all of whom are ready to do anything for power. The Election Commission's job description is to keep these forces from hijacking our country. By selling out to a particular party, it sheds what little credibility it posessed. And that is exactly what the promotion of Navin Chawla would do.

NAVIN CHAWLA IS A DISGRACE TO THE ELECTION COMMISSION.

His past contacts with the Congress Party, especially his role in the 1975 Emergency should automatically disqualify him from the Election Commission. But it doesn't.

His embezzlement of MPLADS funds for his Chaman Lal Education Trust should lead to his removal from the IAS for corruption, as well as legal proceedings against him. But they don't.

When somebody speaks out against the man and the government's obvious shielding of the man, he is censured by the government and the corporate media for overreach.

In a democracy, no one should be above the law. Navin Chawla apparently is.

Here's a page that shares my views. Note that it spoke out two years ago.

http://www.newstodaynet.com/2006sud/06feb/0902ss1.htm

Again, I do NOT support the BJP. I will NOT vote for them in the General Elections. I believe it is a cancer to this country. However, I do not and can not support the appointment of an obvious partisan like Navin Chawla.

Damn, that felt good.