Today the congress of the European Liberal Democrat and Reformers
Party (ELDR) joining together European liberal parties has
unanimously and without objections adopted an urgent resolution
on Russia’s elections submitted by YABLOKO’s leader Sergei
Mitrokhin.
The ELDR congress is taking place in Barcelona, Catalonia,
on November 19-20. Over 600 delegates from all the European
countries participate in the Congress. The YABLOKO party which
has been ELDR member since 2006 is represented by Sergei Mitrokhin.
The resolution states 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 mass media”.
“The European Liberal Democrat and Reformers Party 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 remedy measures up to declaring the elections
void,” runs the resolution. The document stresses that the
Russian leaders should “observe democratic standards and Russia’s
obligations under its membership in the OSCE and in the Council
of Europe on ensuring free and fair elections”.
After the recent European elections in June 2009 the ELDR
enjoys the third largest faction in the European Parliament.
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
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