There used to be that sort of totally believable overwhelming poll results in the former Communist states, the CCCP or German Democratic Republic,

and I remember owning board games making fun of that, like "Kremlin" or "Junta".

But those polls always retained a little "fig leave" of credulity insofar as the results were only some 90% upwards, but never 99 or 100%,

suggesting "socialist society" were firm in the saddle but needed to be watchful and "help" remaining dissenters see the truth.

Kim Yong Sick is just the laughing stock of the world, everything he does or says is just plain ridiculous.

It's that level of ridiculous where you're asking yourself if his PR people even know what they're doing or for whose benefit that comedy is supposed to be.

I'd laugh my head off if it wasn't for millions of people starving, dying, and being afraid.

In a republic, the people are the souvereign... expcept in the so-called peoples' republic.

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N. Korea 'election' records 99.97% turnout

SEOUL - North Korea confirmed Tuesday a near-perfect turnout for its parliamentary "election" in which single candidates -- approved by the political elite -- stood uncontested in 687 constituencies across the country.

"According to the election returns available, 99.97 per cent of all the voters registered... took part in the election," the North’s official KCNA news agency said.

Of the votes cast on Sunday, "100 per cent" were for the unopposed candidates, a fact KCNA said demonstrated "the absolute support and trust of all voters" for the government.

The wholly stage-managed election for the North’s rubber-stamp Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) included a win for paramount leader Kim Jong-Un, who notably managed a perfect turnout in his own constituency.

The parliamentary poll is held every five years and turnout this time was actually slightly down on 2009 when 99.98 per cent cast their ballots.

Each constituency had only one state-sanctioned candidate and voters were only allowed to mark "yes" on a ballot sheet in a closely-monitored polling booth.

Many top Korean officials are members of the parliament, and the election is an opportunity to see if any established names are absent.

The long list of elected candidates published by KCNA on Tuesday amounted to a directory of the ruling elite.

Kim Jong-Un’s powerful aunt, Kim Kyong-Hui, was on the list, suggesting she remained in power -- at least nominally -- despite the purge and shock execution in December of her husband, Jang Song-Thaek.

-- The Nation 2014-03-11

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