WHAT COUNTRY WAS THIS FLAWED ELECTION IN?

"... In a political system where the real power has become concentrated in the hands of unelected military, economic and right-wing ideological interests... voters were forced to choose between two flawed candidates where the relatively liberal contender came across as an out-of-touch elitist and his ultra-conservative opponent was able to put together a majority coalition of less-educated and fundamentalist voters based upon a pseudo-populist campaign promoting a more moral and value-centered society..."
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0628-25.htm