DrLove
Diamond Member
This is the way Trump would like to rule and why he so admires Putin. Simply conduct a kangaroo court against his 2020 opponent (he's not likely to last that long) and get his judicial puppets to convict the them of a Trumped up (pun intended) felony, thus barring them from eligibility.
Russian officials bar Navalny from running for president
Moscow - Russian election officials on Monday formally barred Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny from running for president, prompting calls from him for a boycott of the 2018 vote.
The Central Election Commission decided unanimously that the anti-corruption crusader isn't eligible to run.
Navalny is implicitly barred from running for office because of a conviction in a fraud case which has been viewed as political retribution.
He could have run if he was given a special dispensation or if his conviction was cancelled.
Over the past year, Navalny has mounted a grassroots campaign which reached out to the most remote corners of Putin's heartland.
Navalny, 41 is the most serious challenger that Putin has faced in all his years in power, and the court cases against him have been widely seen as a tool to keep him from running for office.
Continued:The Central Election Commission decided unanimously that the anti-corruption crusader isn't eligible to run.
Navalny is implicitly barred from running for office because of a conviction in a fraud case which has been viewed as political retribution.
He could have run if he was given a special dispensation or if his conviction was cancelled.
Over the past year, Navalny has mounted a grassroots campaign which reached out to the most remote corners of Putin's heartland.
Navalny, 41 is the most serious challenger that Putin has faced in all his years in power, and the court cases against him have been widely seen as a tool to keep him from running for office.
Russian officials bar Navalny from running for president