Comments on: Elections genuinely competitive? http://www.neweurasia.net/politics-and-society/elections-genuinely-competitive/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:53:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Aftermath: Reports and Opinions | KZBlog http://www.neweurasia.net/politics-and-society/elections-genuinely-competitive/comment-page-1/#comment-16611 Aftermath: Reports and Opinions | KZBlog Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:33:24 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/?p=39#comment-16611 [...] kazakhstan.neweurasia.net, the Caspian Information Center reports: Second, the president has other natural advantages. The annual ten per cent increase in GDP [...] [...] kazakhstan.neweurasia.net, the Caspian Information Center reports: Second, the president has other natural advantages. The annual ten per cent increase in GDP [...]

]]> By: KZblog :: Aftermath: Reports and Opinions :: December :: 2005 http://www.neweurasia.net/politics-and-society/elections-genuinely-competitive/comment-page-1/#comment-1247 KZblog :: Aftermath: Reports and Opinions :: December :: 2005 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:54:15 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/?p=39#comment-1247 [...] kazakhstan.neweurasia.net, the Caspian Information Center report Second, the president has other natural advantages. The annual ten per cent increase in GDP [...] [...] kazakhstan.neweurasia.net, the Caspian Information Center report Second, the president has other natural advantages. The annual ten per cent increase in GDP [...]

]]> By: great blog http://www.neweurasia.net/politics-and-society/elections-genuinely-competitive/comment-page-1/#comment-1246 great blog Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:27:36 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/?p=39#comment-1246 <strong>great blog...</strong> ... great blog…

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]]> By: David http://www.neweurasia.net/politics-and-society/elections-genuinely-competitive/comment-page-1/#comment-1245 David Mon, 05 Dec 2005 19:31:02 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/?p=39#comment-1245 Quite remarkable. 'We found no reason to doubt the integrity of the election process'. Perhaps they should read the OSCE preliminary report, which seems pretty clear that there was widespread evidence of intervention by local officials, not to mention the biased pre-election campaign. Cecil Parkinson always was a sleazeball, of course, but clever of the Kazakhs to get this CIC thing going. It provides nice cover to balance the OSCE criticisms. But of course these delegates don't really monitor the election. They go to a couple of polling stations in Astana, and then reconvene for a few gins in their hotels. Its time for governments to disown these kind of delegations, otherwise they are presented as the official views of the international community. Quite remarkable. ‘We found no reason to doubt the integrity of the election process’. Perhaps they should read the OSCE preliminary report, which seems pretty clear that there was widespread evidence of intervention by local officials, not to mention the biased pre-election campaign.

Cecil Parkinson always was a sleazeball, of course, but clever of the Kazakhs to get this CIC thing going. It provides nice cover to balance the OSCE criticisms. But of course these delegates don’t really monitor the election. They go to a couple of polling stations in Astana, and then reconvene for a few gins in their hotels. Its time for governments to disown these kind of delegations, otherwise they are presented as the official views of the international community.

]]> By: Registan.net :: Central Asia News http://www.neweurasia.net/politics-and-society/elections-genuinely-competitive/comment-page-1/#comment-1244 Registan.net :: Central Asia News Mon, 05 Dec 2005 18:59:55 +0000 http://kazakhstan.neweurasia.net/?p=39#comment-1244 <strong>Kazakhstan Votes</strong> No surprises here. Kazakhstan voted and Nazarbaev cleaned house, receiving about 91% of votes in the preliminary count. But of course the real winner isn’t Nursultan Nazarbaev… Nazarbaev’s victory was more decisive than most observers h... Kazakhstan Votes

No surprises here. Kazakhstan voted and Nazarbaev cleaned house, receiving about 91% of votes in the preliminary count. But of course the real winner isn’t Nursultan Nazarbaev…
Nazarbaev’s victory was more decisive than most observers h…

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