31. Thereafter he voted in every election, putting on his best suit for the occasion. 32. The United States and the United Kingdom voted against in each case. 33. Latin American countries voted in favour, and the United States was joined by most Western nations and the new Panamanian government in voting against. 34. Under the Arab League Charter a resolution passed by a majority of votes was binding only on member states voting in favour. 35. Opposition groups claimed, however, that the government had halted voting in areas where the Parti dmocratique gabonais appeared close to defeat. 36. Similar regulations had allowed foreigners to vote in the five eastern Lnder. 37. It incorporated a Spanish proposal whereby EC citizens would be allowed to reside anywhere in the EC and to vote in local and EC elections. 38. Voting in the elections started in mid-May but was postponed after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi by Tamil separatists while addressing a rally in Tamil Nadu. 39. He had added that the people must vote in large numbers, to bar the way to adventurist projects. 40. The opposition had called for voting in June. |