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I read this expression, "called the election in favor of the accused’s opposition", but am finding it difficult to understand it. Could you please let me know what it means? Here is the excerpt:
According to the case summary, circumstances had developed very rapidly, during a relatively narrow time frame of four to five months, in the wake of a disputed election. The national electoral commission and outside observers called the election in favor of the accused’s opposition. The accused refused to cede power, despite the fact that there was also a constitutional limit of ten years for any presidency, a term the accused had already served. He then indulged in some creative accounting, nullifying the votes in districts where his opponent polled strongly, ordered the army to close the borders, and barred all foreign media.
- Katie Kitamura, Intimacies, Chapter 7
This is a novel published in 2021 in the United States of America. The protagonist is an interpreter working at the International Criminal Court at The Hague. Now she is reading a dossier about a case for which she is going to interpret.
In this part, I wonder what the underlined part means.
Would it mean that they judged (=called) that, in the election, the opposition forces won...?
Or that, they regarded (=called) the election in a manner favorable (=advantageous) to the opposition forces...? (Though these are just my guesses. )
According to the case summary, circumstances had developed very rapidly, during a relatively narrow time frame of four to five months, in the wake of a disputed election. The national electoral commission and outside observers called the election in favor of the accused’s opposition. The accused refused to cede power, despite the fact that there was also a constitutional limit of ten years for any presidency, a term the accused had already served. He then indulged in some creative accounting, nullifying the votes in districts where his opponent polled strongly, ordered the army to close the borders, and barred all foreign media.
- Katie Kitamura, Intimacies, Chapter 7
This is a novel published in 2021 in the United States of America. The protagonist is an interpreter working at the International Criminal Court at The Hague. Now she is reading a dossier about a case for which she is going to interpret.
In this part, I wonder what the underlined part means.
Would it mean that they judged (=called) that, in the election, the opposition forces won...?
Or that, they regarded (=called) the election in a manner favorable (=advantageous) to the opposition forces...? (Though these are just my guesses. )