Not a good sign of electoral legitimacy
How would your students explain how international observers increases the probability of domestic and international acceptance of elections? And, on the other hand, how would they explain the emphatic refusal of the US to accept international observers for its elections?Could they explain what factors probably led to the OSCE's decision not to bother going to Russia?
OSCE to boycott Russian election
"Europe's main election watchdog says it will boycott Russia's presidential election on 2 March.
"'We regret that circumstances prevent us from observing this election,' said Spencer Oliver, head of the OSCE's parliamentary assembly.
"The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has been arguing with Russia over the size and scope of the observers' mission.
"The watchdog rejected concessions by Moscow aimed at averting a boycott."
See also:
- Democracy in Russia
- Russian election, again
- Why are the pigs walking on their hind feet?
- Putinism
- Election observers and legitimacy
Labels: concepts, elections, politics, Russia
posted by Ken Wedding @ 5:36 AM
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