Belarus Partially Carriers Out Promise to Improve Electoral Process - OSCE

Belarus has partially but not fully carried out its responsibility to improve the electoral process, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) special coordinator for parliamentary elections in Belarus said Monday.

MINSK (Sputnik) – Kent Harstedt noted at a press conference following the Sunday legislative vote that his office was observing “uneven” implementation of the promises made ahead of the legislative elections.

Harstedt called on Minsk to carry out comprehensive electoral reform.

Regional observers welcomed the vote in Belarus as generally free, fair and transparent.

A total of 101 lawmakers were elected to the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus on Sunday out of 484 candidates in a majority voting system.