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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8818

30 October 2004
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/belarus
MEPs reject legitimacy of referendum and consider that Belarus has no democratic mandate

Strasbourg, 29/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - Thursday's adoption by a large majority, of a common resolution by the European Parliament, means in effect that, “the parliament elected in Belarus has not been invested with a genuine democratic mandate to represent the people of Belarus and does not recognise the legitimacy of the referendum”. MEPs gave their support for increased neutrality of the media, the democratic opposition and students, and have called on the Council to include the...

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