15/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - Local elections held on 14 January in Belarus were not democratic, External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said on Monday. “The fact that, in an overwhelming majority of electoral districts, there was no alternative to the candidate supported by the authorities indicates a blatant lack of democratic pluralism in these elections”, Ms Ferrero-Waldner criticises in a press release. She deplores the fact that the restrictive rules for the electoral...