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January 30, Pozirk. <\/strong>The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE), representing 13 independent European election observation organizations, has said that it exposed over 90 politically-biased observers deployed to whitewash what it called fraudulent Belarusian election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and his officials \u201cmanufactured international legitimacy by inviting hand-picked \u2018observers\u2019,\u201d its statement said, noting links of accredited election monitors to authoritarian regimes, Kremlin-linked disinformation networks and criminal investigations in their home countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These observers were \u201ccarefully selected to disguise the blatant violations of democratic standards,\u201d the EPDE noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They knew that authorities in Minsk instrumentalized them to present the election to the world, EPDE member \u0141ukasz Kondraciuk said, noting that \u0141uka\u0161enka turned election observation into a farce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list<\/a> includes Polish politician Krzysztof To\u0142wi\u0144ski of the pro-Kremlin party \u201cFront\u201d; Edikas Jagelavi\u010dius wanted in Lithuania on suspicion of acting against his country; Swiss politician Wilhelm Wyss; Heinz Wehmeier, a local politician in Saxony-Anhalt (SPD party) from Germany, chairman of the German-Russian Society of Wittenberg; Krastyo Vrachev, a Member of the Parliament of Bulgaria from the pro-Russian political party Revival (\u0412\u044a\u0437\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0435); and Bosse \u201eBo\u201c Jonsson, founder of the pro-Russian political party United Sweden (Enade Sverige), as well as politicians from Italy, Serbia, Spain, Turkey, Moldova, Germany, Georgia and other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus\u2019 seventh presidential election on January 21-26 took place in a purged political landscape amid a new wave of crackdown on regime critics. Belarus\u2019 election authorities have declared \u0141uka\u0161enka winner with 86.82 percent of the vote, extending his 30-year rule in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country has not held a single free and fair election since 1996 by the standards of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government stopped inviting OSCE monitors after the 2020 disputed presidential election, but keeps seeking flattering assessments from the Russian-dominated Commonwealth of Independent States and election officials from government-friendly countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

January 30, Pozirk. The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE), representing 13 independent European election observation organizations, has said that it exposed over 90 politically-biased observers deployed to whitewash what it called fraudulent Belarusian election. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and his officials \u201cmanufactured international legitimacy by inviting hand-picked \u2018observers\u2019,\u201d its statement said, noting links of accredited election […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":124117,"template":"","rubric":[38,16],"class_list":["post-124223","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-elections","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEuropean initiative names and shames Belarus\u2019 election monitors | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 30, Pozirk. 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