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 Reminds me of this guy:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45441447 
 And after that the competition for the presidency ended  
 Same thing with Chen Shui-bian. It happened ONE DAY before he was going to lose reelection. The event got him reelected. He went to jail for corruption after his second term.