The verdict of an election tribunal in 2003 which challenged the result that gave a second presidential term to Olusegun Obasanjo was struck down for similar reasons: any fraud, should it have occurred, would not have changed the result enough to warrant a fresh election.

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And history is the gift that keeps on giving as the LDP policy chief Sanae Takaichi, appearing on television on May 12, told viewers that in fact Abe doesn't accept the verdict of the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, again denied by Suga, while she also slammed the Murayama Statement.

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The verdict is the third issued by the controversial tribunal, which is trying a total of nine Jamaat leaders and two members of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

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