Turkmen Dictator Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov claims new seven-year term by securing 97 percent of the vote

By Kamila Aliyeva Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov has won a new seven-year term by securing 97 percent of the vote, election officials announced on February 13. The Central Election Commission (CEC) announced that the vote was democratic and had contributed to national unity. 59-year-old Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov heads the country since 2007. In2012, he was re-elected for…

Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has been elected for a third term securing nearly all of the votes in an election against eight little-known opponents. Berdymukhamedov, who ran for election for the first time since extending the presidential term from five to seven years in 2016 and removing a cap on the maximum age of a president,…