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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8530

29 August 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/rwanda
EU mission notes irregularities in presidential elections

Brussels, 28/08/2003 (Agence Europe) - The presidential elections in Rwanda, which were won by incumbent President Paul Kagamé, were tainted by fraud and irregularity, MEP Colette Flesch (ELDR, Luxembourg), Head of the EU electoral monitoring mission on the ground, told AFP. Ms Flesch mainly noted cases of illegal manipulation of the list of voters, the stuffing of ballot boxes and intimidation by representatives of Paul Kagamé. She welcomes, however, the way these first elections since...

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