Monday, April 4, 2011

Kazakhstan Narzabaiev plebiscite for the OSCE: "Elections undemocratic"

At the center of the Kazakh President Nazarbayev Nobody would have bet the opposite. As provided for in fact the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has claimed victory in presidential elections. Partial results released by the Electoral Commission have given strong man of Astana, in power since 1989, 95.5 percent of the vote.

"The results have established that the Kazakh people approve of the job I have done over the past 20 years," Nazarbayev said during a visit to the headquarters of his party. Arriva severe criticism of the OSCE observers, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe: "The elections took place in Kazakhstan, which saw a nearly unanimous victory of Nursultan Nazarbayev have been lacking in genuinely democratic standards" because " reforms needed to ensure real yet to materialize.

" Observers have also noted that this consultation has presented "deficiencies similar to those held previously. In the report were listed as critical points of the 'non-competitive environment "atmosphere" restrictive "would encourage" self-censorship "of the media. Also reported "serious irregularities" in voting, including several cases of identical signatures on the electoral roll as well as the fraudulent polls.

"Unfortunately we must conclude that this election could and should have exercised better," said Daan Everts, head of the OSCE mission. (Er)

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