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In keeping with one of Pyongyang's most enduring slogans -- 'Single-minded unity' -- there is only one approved name on each of the ballot papers
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North Koreans to vote in 'rubber stamp' election that has only one winner In keeping with one of Pyongyang's most enduring slogans -- 'Single-minded unity' -- there is only one approved name on each of the ballot papers International: North Koreans go to the surveys Sunday for a race in which there can be just a single champ. Pioneer Kim Jong Un's managing Workers' Party has an iron hold on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, as the disengaged, atomic furnished nation is formally known.
However, like clockwork it holds a race for the elastic stamp governing body, known as the Supreme People's Assembly. What's more, with regards to a standout amongst Pyongyang's most suffering trademarks - "Resolute solidarity" - there is just a single affirmed name on every one of the vote papers Voters have the chance to cross it out before throwing their vote, however practically speaking that is obscure. Turnout last time was 99.97 percent, as indicated by the authority KCNA news office - just the individuals who were abroad or "working in seas" did not participate. Furthermore, the vote was 100 percent for the named applicants. "We respect every one of the general population in our nation as one family so we will join with one personality and we will vote in favor of the concurred hopeful," Socialist Women's Union authority Song Yang Ran, 57, told AFP in front of the current year's survey. Normal North Koreans in every case express complete help for the specialists when addressing remote media. Continue Reading