Valiollah Rostaminejad is a bird seller who has been elected into the city council in Khorramabad, Lorestan Province, Iran.[1][2]
He garnered 40,086 votes in this election and had no electoral campaign except. Valiollah in election time, had a banner from his neck which invited people to vote for him. His banner read: I have hope, but no campaign. Valiollah have a master's degree in English. He replied to the question of "how much advertising he had paid?", said: "George Washington wanted to bring justice for the black people. He said: who can make everything from nothing? I won the election without any expense and with the help of God".[3]
References
edit- ^ Bird seller rises to city council in western Iran, Trend News Agency.
- ^ Bird seller rises to city council in western Iran, Tehran Times Daily Newspaper.
- ^ داستان پدیده انتخاباتی شورای شهر خرم آباد از انگیزه تا پیروزی قاطع, IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency).