Thursday, October 16, 2008

The OSCE has not recognized the elections in Belarus fully free and democratic

The international mission of observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) did not recognize held parliamentary elections in Belarus fully compliant bodies.

According to observers, the desire of Belarusians hold fully democratic elections had not been put into practice. As the Interfax, in particular, the OSCE noted "poor or unsatisfactory process of counting the votes in 50% of cases."

"A third observer said that he had not been granted admission to the Observer, 40% of observers said that they had not had the opportunity to fully evaluate the counting process. Very low visibility campaign", - said the head of the OSCE / ODIHR observation mission to Parliamentary elections in Belarus, Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Anne-Marie Lizin.

- Secretary of State Union of Russia and Belarus: "We also democracy. Svoya"
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At the press conference in Minsk Lizin said "improve the election procedure, but in her view," if Belarus wants in the future to conduct fully democratic elections, we must fully comply with the requirements of the OSCE. "

Head of the Delegation of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly also election campaign. "The campaign should give people a choice. Political parties in turn played a minor role because of the policy of the authorities that did not allow them to conduct a dynamic campaign", - said Lizin.

The head of the observer mission of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights-Hinrih Geert Ahrens also expressed disappointment with the Belarusian election.

According to him, "in August, when we come to Belarus, we felt the winds of change have been made by President Lukashenko, a clear statement of powers." "But I am disappointed, we could not see a solution to the problem, transparent electoral process", - said Arens.

Secretary of State Union of Russia and Belarus: "We also democracy. Svoya"

Earlier on Monday, Secretary of State Union State of Russia and Belarus Pavel Borodin said that the last elections "in conformity with not only the Constitution but to all international regulations."

He surprised the calls to follow such European standards for elections, which is Europe and America will not endure. In particular, said Borodin, Belarus allowed for the past 28 September election of all observers, who only wanted to. "When I asked representatives of the opposition, why do we obtain these differences, they answered that for a European and American democracy. Well, they have a democracy. And we also democracy. My" - Borodin said.

In addition, Borodin believes that once again came to the parliament deputies will increase the attractiveness of the Union State, so that perhaps "all of Europe with her dogs and ketchup" wants to enter the Union State.

Recall the final outcome resulted in a Belarussian parliamentary elections will be known on October 3. According to preliminary data, the House of Representatives is not got no representative from the opposition.

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