A recent report by the Carter Center’s observer mission to Ethiopia’s 2005 national elections provides a unique academic opportunity to learn how an election is stolen, writes Alemayehu G. Mariam. But carrying out the perfect theft is not a task for the faint of heart, says Mariam. Beyond the essential qualities of cunning, audacity and brutality, Mariam shares here the five basic principles an accomplished thief will need to understand, master and apply in order to ‘steal an election in broa...read more
A recent report by the Carter Center’s observer mission to Ethiopia’s 2005 national elections provides a unique academic opportunity to learn how an election is stolen, writes Alemayehu G. Mariam. But carrying out the perfect theft is not a task for the faint of heart, says Mariam. Beyond the essential qualities of cunning, audacity and brutality, Mariam shares here the five basic principles an accomplished thief will need to understand, master and apply in order to ‘steal an election in broad daylight’.