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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11550

13 May 2016
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) djibouti
Parliament calls for investigation on April's elections

Brussels, 12/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - In a joint resolution adopted on Thursday 12 May, MEPs have called for a “thorough” investigation into the transparency of the electoral process when Djibouti went to the polls in April 2016.

Opposition parties and human rights activists allege that the outcome - the re-election of President Ismail Omar Guelleh for a fourth 5-year term of office, with 87.1% of the vote - was down to political repression. MEPs emphasise “the importance of fair...

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