MosNews The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe said Monday it would not send observers to monitor the elections to the Chechen parliament, scheduled for Nov. 27.
The Assembly has ruled against sending observers to Chechnya, head of the PACE human rights commission, Rudolf Bindig, told the RIA-Novosti news agency.
At the same time, PACE still plans to send a group of five or six officials to Russia’s restive province to monitor the situation and gather data.
PACE’s rapporteur did not rule out that the forthcoming session of PACE’s bureau to be held in January next year would hear a short report on the parliamentary elections in Chechnya.
Russian human rights groups said Monday they would not send their observers to Chechnya either, the Memorial rights center told Ekho Moskvy radio. A spokesman for Memorial ruled out the possibility of a free vote in Chechnya today.
Meanwhile, Russia’s top electoral official, Alexander Veshnyakov, said Monday he was pleased with how preparations for the Chechen parliamentary elections are proceeding. “The preparations are proceeding normally and we have no serious fears concerning the elections,” Veshnyakov told journalists on Monday.
The Central Elections Commission’s meeting on Oct. 7 will deal with this issue in more detail, he said. http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/10/03/paceelect.shtml
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