And those elections are free, fair and competitive?

I had a friend; good-looking SOB, ex-infantry officer, PHD, Party member for years. Very disciplined party-line follower on social media. He got enough preselection votes for a particular role on the MP track.

Immediately disqualified by Central for fake reason.

Anyone within cooee of elected office has to go through multiple rounds of filtering, here. Any sign of independent thought and they're out...