Conclusions préliminaires de la mission d’observation des élections présidentielles en Azerbaïdjan…

/184543

  • Ce sont les É.-U. qui ont demandé à l’#Azerbaïdjan de truquer les résultats des élections…

    U.S. officials advised us to have fake elections : Ramiz Mehdiyev - AzerNews
    http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/60671.html

    Head of Azerbaijan’s presidential administration, Ramiz Mehdiyev, who recently gave interview to a number of local news agencies in Azerbaijan, said that the U.S. officials advised the country to have fake elections.
    “The US officials advised us to give 25 percent of votes to a representative of country’s National Council, while leaving the remaining 74-75 percent to the candidate of the ruling party,” Mehdiyev said. “As if having such votes ratio, the U.S. Department of State would have given a balanced assessment of the elections.”

    Cette fois-ci, le chef de l’administration présidentielle (et non plus son adjoint cf. http://seenthis.net/messages/184785#message184789 et http://seenthis.net/messages/184543#message184545 ) qui attaque.

    Et il s’indigne vertueusement :

    “It turns out we should have held fictional elections, instead of transparent, fair ones. And along with that - to add percentage of votes to certain candidates. Doesn’t this showcase the insult of dignity of Azerbaijani voters’ national feelings? The voters themselves decide for which political platform to vote, without any interventions,” Mehdiyev underscored.

    Et il ressert l’argument sur la durée de la campagne…

    The high-ranking official also said Azerbaijan was accused of having only 22 days for election campaign.
    “Of course this is absurd. OSCE’s ODIHR considers it normal for France to have 15 days of agitational period. For example, this period takes 11 days in Denmark, 15 days in Poland, 20 days in Serbia, 20 days in Latvia, and so on,” Mehdiyev underscored.
    “International standards” to which opponents refer the most, are used as methods to rebut objective realities or a pressure tools, although no one can really explain the essence of these standards, he noted.

    Et, à propos des fraudes, que chacun commence à faire le ménage chez soi et, par exemple, les É.-U.

    “As for falsification of election results, these scandals are known all over the world. These states, instead of having their own objective, democratic elections, claim to have the right to evaluate election processes in other countries, and this is done, as a rule, in a politically biased way,” the official said.
    He went on to add that there are enough examples of apparent violations and falsification of the election process in the U.S., UK, Germany , France and other Western states.
    “The whole world knows about level of falsification in the presidential elections in the U.S. and about the scandals that accompany the electoral process in this country each time. And then they try to teach us how to conduct elections,” Mehdiyev said.

  • Le communiqué du State Department (10/10/2013) sur l’élection présidentielle en Azerbaïdjan

    Azerbaijan Presidential Election
    http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/10/215283.htm

    The United States continuously urged the Government of Azerbaijan to ensure a free and fair electoral process and to respect the freedoms of assembly, association, and speech. It is with regret that we conclude this election fell short of international standards.

    The OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly highlighted in their October 10 preliminary statement serious shortcomings that need to be addressed in order for Azerbaijan to fully meet its OSCE commitments. The United States agrees with this assessment and shares OSCE concerns. Other credible non-government organizations such as the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center reported similar shortcomings. On election day, procedural irregularities were observed including: 1) ballot box stuffing; 2) serious problems with vote counting; and 3) failure to record the number of received ballots. Leading up to election day, the Government of Azerbaijan also maintained a repressive political environment. Authorities interfered with the media and civil society routinely, sometimes violently interrupted peaceful rallies and meetings before and occasionally during the campaign period, and jailed a number of opposition and youth activists.

    At the same time, the United States notes the comments in the OSCE statement on constructive steps taken by the Government of Azerbaijan during the election campaign, including the successful registration of Jamil Hasanli and certain other opposition candidates, authorization of some opposition campaign rallies, the decision to invite the OSCE to observe the election, and efficient technical preparation for the election.

    Democracy is more than one election. The United States urges the Government of Azerbaijan to respect the freedoms of peaceful assembly, association, and speech. We urge restraint and avoidance of violence by all in the post electoral period. We remain committed to supporting the people of Azerbaijan and working with the Government to further efforts to achieve Azerbaijan’s full potential as a stable, prosperous, and democratic member of the international community.

    • Et la réponse de la présidence (ainsi qu’au communiqué de l’OSCE (cf. http://seenthis.net/messages/184543 ). (14/10/2013)

      Azerbaijani people expressed their will in election : Top official - AzerNews
      http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/60608.html

      Position of the U.S. Department of State on the presidential election held in Azerbaijan on October 9 is in contrast with justice and doesn`t reflect the reality.
      Deputy Head of Azerbaijan`s Presidential Administration, head of the foreign relations department Novruz Mammadov made the remark when commenting on statements by OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the U.S. Department of State concerning the presidential election in the country.
      “It shows that the ODIHR along with the U.S. consider democracy and issues of human rights as their monopoly, using it according in their own interests,” he said. But now its clear that making democracy and the issues of human rights a tool of pressure doesnt produce good results. There are tens of instances on the international scene.
      Mammadov said that the Azerbaijani presidential election does not fall behind elections in other countries, and is even better in terms of many parameters.
      "Given that the USA and OSCE ODIHR have made subjective judgments of the elections in several other countries, which were marred by serious violations and irregularities, their biased position causes surprise. Those who consider democracy an important value must themselves set an example to others by acting in line with democratic principles.
      “Interestingly about 1,500 observers from 98 countries and 48 international organizations, including the PACE, European Parliament, the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), TurkPA election observation mission, as well as the majority of independent foreign observers made positive remarks on the election. But for some reason this issue is not featured in the statement of the U.S. Department of State, whose unequivocal critical statement stands in total contrast to views of ordinary people-elected U.S. congressmen, senators and representatives of other elective bodies, who hailed the election process in Azerbaijan as fair and transparent,” he said.