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Other drama in the run-up to the final round included two judges quitting this week, with one alleging the contest was rigged by a "secret and illegitimate vote" held without the official jury.

In the days leading up to the glittering coronation in Bangkok, contestants alleging mistreatment walked out and two judges resigned with one claiming the contest is rigged.

These changes came after a handful of cases in which the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Khan or his party, which alleges the 2024 general elections were rigged.

It was not easy, as Pater Lumley had rigged an ingenious system of knots ’round the curtain’s edge to keep it steady in all weather.

Throughout Mexico’s past, Mr. Gillingham writes, “Mexicans and foreigners alike see corruption, rigged elections, violent bosses, dynasticism, dictatorship, and political turbulence as historical norms.”