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Independent observations: parliamentary elections, referendum as neither free nor democratic 10:49, 16/11/2004
A group of independent observers who monitored October’s parliamentary elections and national referendum unveiled their findings at Monday’s news conference in Minsk, deploring the campaign as “neither free nor democratic.”
According to coordinator Nikolai Astreiko, his group had more than 3,500 members people who worked from July 1 through November 1, recording more than 1,700 irregularities and filing 76 complaints with governmental agencies.
All information about the group`s monitoring was included in a report titled, “2004 Referendum and Parliamentary Elections. Facts and Comments.”
Mr. Astreiko stressed that the group was guided by the principles of impartiality. Although the group was under constant pressure from authorities, it managed to gather enough evidence to conclude that the elections and referendum were unfair, he said.
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