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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8528

27 August 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/rwanda
Nelly Maes gives her First assessment of elections

Brussels, 26/08/2003 (Agence Europe) - MEP Nelly Maes (Greens/EFA, Belgium), a member of the team of EU election observers in Rwanda, notes in a press release that in the region where she was an observer, Western Rwanda, initial indications revealed the day was peaceful and non-violent. She acknowledged, however, that it is hard to talk about genuinely democratic elections since a series of NGOs and candidates complained of intimidation during the election campaign, with reports of people...

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