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International observers assess parliamentary elections in Moldova as positive

30 July 2009 15:09 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Viktoria Dementieva â€“ APA. International observers assessed the early parliamentary elections in Moldova as positive. APA reports that OSCE observation mission has today released its initial opinion on the elections.
"We cannot say, unfortunately, that these elections complied with all international criteria. However, the overall assessment of election day is positive,â€ said Marian-Jean Marinescu, head of the delegation of the European Parliament.
â€œI welcome the active participation of voters in this election, which is a good signal for democracy in Moldova. The voters of Moldova have expressed their will,â€ said MevlÃ¼t Cavusoglu, head of the delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
â€œElection administration bodies operated transparently and overall in a professional manner. Despite some efforts to improve the quality of voter lists, voter registration lacked uniformity and observers identified shortcomings in the accuracy of voter lists on Election Day.
The media offered voters information about key contestants, but the main TV channels failed to provide impartial and balanced coverage, favouring the ruling party both in terms of time and tone.â€