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 The campaign of 1988 was the most hotly contested in [[Daxia]]n history. [[Linge Chen]] took leave from running the capital to compete once more for the highest office, his experience of running the largest city of the country giving him the credentials to do so. In contrast the younger [[Tao Zexian]] was seen by many as a neophyte controlled by the same old men from the NRF. [[Linge Chen]] mercilessly attacked him as a johnny come lately, a greenhorn and an empty suit with an emptier head. The NRF tried to paint Chen as a dangerous rabble rouser and demagogue, interested only in wrecking the system rather than making it work. The campaign was intense and the polls were not favorable to [[Tao Zexian]], most showed him trailing Chen by at least five percentage points. Formed confidantes have admitted in interviews that while at first the NRF candidate refused to resort to 'electoral trickery', as the date of the election came closer and his numbers continued to sag against his opponents he changed tack; only post electoral engineering could secure him the win.
-In what has been acknowledged as open fraud by most historians and analysts, the NRF won the 1988 election with 52% to the PDD's 48%; the tightest margin it had ever faced in its history. Immediately after the results were announced on live television, Chen called for massive demonstrations 'against the blatant electoral theft of the presidency' and declared himself the legitimate president. Crowds of Chen supporters marched on the electoral commission, the NRF headquarters and the presidential palace. With the regime under pressure on the streets Yang Qiu wanted to send in the tanks(there are rumors that he gave the order but it was refused), but [[Tao Zexian]] chose to instead play for time by pressuring the electoral commission to admit the myriad complaints about the process, but to slow roll their resolution. He did not want to start his presidency under the dark cloud of repression and preferred instead to try to come to an arrangement with the wily Chen. The details are derived only from word of mouth of a few politicians reportedly present, Zexian and Chen met on February 8th in the house of a local judge who knew both men.
+In what has been acknowledged as open fraud by most historians and analysts, the NRF won the 1988 election with 52% to the PDD's 48%; the tightest margin it had ever faced in its history. Immediately after the results were announced on live television, Chen called for massive demonstrations 'against the blatant electoral theft of the presidency' and declared himself the legitimate president. Crowds of Chen supporters marched on the electoral commission, the NRF headquarters and the presidential palace. With the regime under pressure on the streets Yang Qiu wanted to send in the tanks(there are rumors that he gave the order but it was refused), but [[Tao Zexian]] chose to instead play for time by pressuring the electoral commission to admit the myriad complaints about the process, but to slow roll their resolution. He did not want to start his presidency under the dark cloud of repression and preferred instead to try to come to an arrangement with the wily Chen. The details are derived only from word of mouth of a few politicians reportedly present, Zexian and Chen met on February 8th in the house of a local judge who knew both men. The deal offered by the elect president to his rival was that Chen would call off the demonstrations and promise not to prosecute Tao personally after he left office, in exchange Tao would only serve a single term as president.
 ===Persecution of remnants===
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