OSCE: presidential election does not correspond to democratic standards
The OSCE, USA and Lithuania are anxious about the situation created after Alyaksandr Lukashenka had been re-elected President of the Republic of Belarus. CIS representatives consider the election to be democratic.
Representatives of the OSCE EOM are preparing an official report. The deputy head of the mission Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev has told journalists in Minsk that the election “was quite organized” but the vote count procedure “did not correspond to the OSCE principles and norms”.
The U.S. Embassy to Minsk has claimed that it “resolutely condemns the violence on the election day in Belarus”.
According to the official statement, the USA “is especially worried about the excessive use of force, beating and detention of several presidential candidates and the violence directed against journalists and activists of civil organizations”.
"The presidential election is Belarus’ domestic affair, - said Russian President Dmitri Medvedev answering journalists’ questions in Moscow. – Russia will always consider Belarus to be one of the closest states no matter who its leader is”.
The Russian Embassy to Minsk has claimed that the actions of the special police troops directed against Russian journalists could not always be justified.
The head of the CIS EOM Sergei Lebedev has claimed that “the actions of the [Belarusian] police were just lawful”.
Representatives of the OSCE EOM are preparing an official report. The deputy head of the mission Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev has told journalists in Minsk that the election “was quite organized” but the vote count procedure “did not correspond to the OSCE principles and norms”.
The U.S. Embassy to Minsk has claimed that it “resolutely condemns the violence on the election day in Belarus”.
According to the official statement, the USA “is especially worried about the excessive use of force, beating and detention of several presidential candidates and the violence directed against journalists and activists of civil organizations”.
"The presidential election is Belarus’ domestic affair, - said Russian President Dmitri Medvedev answering journalists’ questions in Moscow. – Russia will always consider Belarus to be one of the closest states no matter who its leader is”.
The Russian Embassy to Minsk has claimed that the actions of the special police troops directed against Russian journalists could not always be justified.
The head of the CIS EOM Sergei Lebedev has claimed that “the actions of the [Belarusian] police were just lawful”.
