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OSCE Centre promotes discussion on democratic principles of the electoral process in Tajikistan
VARZOB 7 July 2006
VARZOB, Tajikistan, 7 July 2006 - Democratic principles of electoral processes were discussed today at a meeting organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe in co-operation with the National Association of Political Scientists of Tajikistan.
Participants at the event focused on the various views and approaches used to define these principles, as well as on enhancing the democratic substance and transparency of the upcoming presidential election.
Andrey Shugurov, Deputy Head of the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, praised the positive assessment the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda of Tajikistan made of the final OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission report on the 2005 parliamentary elections.
"I hope that a serious correction of former deficiencies, with active support from the international community, will provide for closer correspondence of the forthcoming presidential election with international standards despite certain shortcomings of the current election legislation in Tajikistan," he said.
Suhrob Sharipov, the Head of the State Strategic Research Centre, said: "Such roundtable disussions on the threshold of the presidential election are help consider different proposals from opposition parties and international organizations."
Other key speakers at the meeting were Azizmad Imomov, Deputy Justice Minister and Isroil Shoev, member of the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda of Tajikistan. Representatives of political parties, civil society and the media also took part.
The meeting was part of the project "Sensitization campaign on the compliance of the Tajik justice system with international human rights standards", being implemented by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe throughout 2006.
Participants at the event focused on the various views and approaches used to define these principles, as well as on enhancing the democratic substance and transparency of the upcoming presidential election.
Andrey Shugurov, Deputy Head of the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, praised the positive assessment the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda of Tajikistan made of the final OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission report on the 2005 parliamentary elections.
"I hope that a serious correction of former deficiencies, with active support from the international community, will provide for closer correspondence of the forthcoming presidential election with international standards despite certain shortcomings of the current election legislation in Tajikistan," he said.
Suhrob Sharipov, the Head of the State Strategic Research Centre, said: "Such roundtable disussions on the threshold of the presidential election are help consider different proposals from opposition parties and international organizations."
Other key speakers at the meeting were Azizmad Imomov, Deputy Justice Minister and Isroil Shoev, member of the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda of Tajikistan. Representatives of political parties, civil society and the media also took part.
The meeting was part of the project "Sensitization campaign on the compliance of the Tajik justice system with international human rights standards", being implemented by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe throughout 2006.