past simple followed by the present perfect

[ostap77]

"We had the Parliamentary Elections. There hasn't been a level playing ground for all political parties. Pro-presidential candidates have been given preferential treatment and have been trying to rig the ballot."

Could I start with the past simple and go on with the present perfect?

[bhaisahab]

"We had the Parliamentary Elections. There hasn't been a level playing ground for all political parties. Pro-presidential candidates have been given preferential treatment and have been trying to rig the ballot."

Could I start with the past simple and go on with the present perfect?

No.

[ostap77]

How about this "While we had the Parliamentary Elections, there hasn't been a level playing ground for all political parties. Pro-presidential candidates have been given preferential treatment and have been trying to rig the ballot."?

[5jj]

No

[ostap77]

Can you please point to the mistakes in the previous post?

"While we had the Parliamentary Elections, there hasn't been a level playing ground for all political parties where pro-presidential candidates were given preferential treatment and were trying to rig the ballot."?

[5jj]

Can you please point to the mistakes in the previous post?

"While we had the Parliamentary Elections, there hasn't been a level playing ground for all political parties where pro-presidential candidates were given preferential treatment and were trying to rig the ballot."?

It's just a mixed up sentence. Were you trying to say, "When we had/were having the parliamentary elections, there wasn't a level playing field for all political parties. Pro presidential candidates were given preferential treatment and were trying to rig the ballot."?

[ostap77]

Yes. That's what I was tryingto say. Could I throw in the present perfect to emphasize there wasn't a level playing ground for all political parties?

"While we had the parliamentary elections, there hasn't been a level playing field for all political parties. Pro presidential candidates were given preferential treatment and were trying to rig the ballot"?

The reason I'm asking is that I was just reading an article on Ukraine sliding away from democracy in The Washington Post while I came across the sentence "While election day was largely peaceful, there have been allegations of fraud in the voting process and tabulation".

[ostap77]

Would that be so difficult for an native speaker to put an aswer to the quesion?

[5jj]

Would that be so difficult for an native speaker to put an aswer to the quesion?

Faced with that sort of attitude, yes.

[ostap77]

I'm not getting it! Could I get an answer?