2005 CISS CONGRESS VOTING FRAUD SCANDAL
SOUTH AFRICA CALLS FOR COMMISSION OF INQUIRY SET UP

 

By Rafael Pinkhasov Pinchas,CISS/Deaflympics Ombudsman

 

New York, USA - The recently-concluded 39th CISS/Deaflympics Congress held in Melbourne, Australia, was marred by an alleged vote rigging scandal by certain individuals, in which nearly 151 voting ballots were missing or went unaccounted during the election contest for various CISS/Deaflympics Executive Committee positions.

 

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One CISS/Deaflympics Nation-Member - the Republic of South Africa and its country's delegate to the 39th CISS/Deaflympics Congress, Mr. Julius Maxajwe - has recently made the following statement related to the alleged voting fraud,

 

"There is a need for establishment of the Commission of Inquiry to investigate the vote rigging allegations because a number of Deaf sports leaders were unhappy with the manner in which elections were held. The Republic of South Africa personally voted for Valery Rukhledev of Russia and we are confident that most of the delegates voted for him, too. This, the Republic of South Africa believes, explains the missing votes! Thus, please call for the establishment of Commission of Inquiry to investigate these vote rigging allegations and come up with the truth, nothing but the whole truth!
This Commission, the Republic of South Africa suggests, should be made up of impartial persons and no one from the CISS/Deaflympics Executive Committee should be in the Commission."

 

The Republic of South Africa is currently the third major world power in the deaf sports movement as at the recent 20th Deaflympic Summer Games at Melbourne, this nation finished third in the gold medal standings ( a total of 13 gold medals won ) at the Games after the Ukraine ( 20 gold medals ) and Russia ( 14 gold medals ).