27983: Dailey (Comment) Senate Results (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

Dailey
Comment
Senate Results


The attempts to force Preval into a runoff by fraudulently manipulating the 
ballot count seem tame compared to the magouy taking place now over the 
parliamentary voting. The next government will be headed by a Prime Minister 
chosen either from the party with a majority of Senate seats or what is more 
likely the most stable coalition that can be put together out of minority 
parties. Since such a coalition can refuse to confirm a prime minister, the net 
effect is that the prime minister must be chosen by a consultative process 
between the various parties and between the parties and the President. The 
bartering process that goes on involves everything from ministerial 
appointments, support for programs, and broad policy orientation etc. to 
contracts, payoffs, etc. But what seems to be happening now is an attempt to 
reach a deal prior to even announcing the Senate results or determining the 
need for runoff elections.

This is all conjectural, and I would welcome hearing from anyone who knows 
anything specific.

Peter Dailey