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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8789

21 September 2004
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/kazakhstan
OSCE regrets lack of transparency in Sunday's parliamentary elections

Brussels, 20/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - On many levels, Sunday's parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan failed to fulfil the democratic elections standards o the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), or those of the Council of Europe. "It is disappointing that improvements in electoral legislation did not lead to a more transparent election", said Igor Ostash, vice-president of the OSCE parliamentary assembly, in a press release on Monday. According to Robert L Barry,...

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