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
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