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URGENCY RESOLUTION submitted by YABLOKO to the ELDR congress

ELDR Congress
Barcelona, November 20, 2009

URGENCY RESOLUTION submitted by the Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO to the congress of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR)

The ELDR congress convening in Barcelona on November 19-20, 2009,

Observes that:
- The elections that took place in Russia on October 11, 2009, demonstrated an unprecedented scope of falsification of results of the voting and violations of the law, confirmed by observers from all the political parties, except the ruling party, and the mass media.

States that:
- ELDR will closely observe the development of the situation with lawsuits and complaints on electoral fraud.

Calls on the Russian authorities to:
- Conduct a full inspection of candidates' and parties’ complaints, and the evidence of election fraud published by the media, and take urgent remedial measures even to the extent of declaring the elections void;
- Observe democratic standards and Russia’s obligations under its membership in the OSCE and in the Council of Europe to ensure free and fair elections;
- Ensure free and equal conditions for all political parties and candidates, and maximum public control over elections and voting.

See also:

ELDR

Moscow City Duma Elections, 2009

On non-recognition of the results of the elections of October 11, 2009, and the need to investigate cases of franchise violations. Statement of the Bureau of the Russian United Democratic Party YABLOKO.
October 19, 2009

Election fraud at the Moscow City Duma elections. From the Live Journal of Igor Yakovlev, Press Secretary of the YABLOKO party

Violations at the Moscow City Duma elections. Press Release. October 12, 2009

 

 

 

ELDR Congress
Barcelona, November 20, 2009