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President: Kazakhstan not to invite biased observers to elections

Kazakhstan Materials 18 January 2012 18:06 (UTC +04:00)
Kazakhstan will no more invite biased international observers and experts, the Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Wednesday.
President: Kazakhstan not to invite biased observers to elections

Kazakhstan, Astana, Jan.18 / Trend L.Podolyak /

Kazakhstan will no more invite biased international observers and experts, the Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Wednesday.

"We will no more invite observers hired by somebody or experts who criticize our elections to Kazakhstan," Mr Nazarbayev said at a meeting of the Nur Otan People's Democratic Party's political council

Mr Nazarbayev stressed that most observers and experts recognize parliamentary elections as just and transparent.

"This victory proved that all our programs, goals and course are true", he said.

Snap elections to the Majilis of the parliament with voter turnout over 75 per cent were held in Kazakhstan on Jan.15. The results show that Nur Otan People's Democratic Part gained most of votes - 80.99 per cent. Nur Otan is followed by Ak Zhol Democratic party (7.47 per cent) and the Kazakh Communist People's Party (7.19 per cent).

The CIS and the SCO observers assessed the elections as free, open and transparent. The OSCE observers said that the elections in Kazakhstan did not meet the fundamental democratic standards.

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