heikki =?iso-8859-1?Q?sipil=E4?= a écrit : > >From: "Macdonald Stainsby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Mailing-List: list [EMAIL PROTECTED]; contact > > > >SOCIALIST LABOUR PARTY > >====================== > > > >YUGOSLAV ELECTIONS - > >A LESSON IN OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE > > > >At the invitation of the Socialist Party of Serbia, Britain's Socialist > >Labour Party sent a three-person delegation to participate in international > >monitoring of the Yugoslav elections held on 24 September. We were the only > >British representatives among 250 observers invited from around the world. > > > >Our delegation travelled extensively throughout the country, was able to > >talk to officials and voters and visited numerous polling stations, gaining > >first-hand experience of what was actually taking place during an election > >which was being misreported in many parts of the world. > > > >>From what we saw, the Federal Electoral Commission, an elected all-party > >body, did everything in its power to ensure that people were able to cast > >their votes without intimidation and in an orderly manner - and certainly in > >accordance with procedures which we would expect in a democratic, free > >election. > > > >In Serbia, we visited the Muslim areas of Kraljevo and Novi Pazar as well as > >observing polling in the capital, Belgrade. > > > >It was only in Montenegro that we observed the following irregularities: > > > >the so-called Democratic Opposition which boycotted the elections in > >Montenegro nevertheless gathered outside polling stations there in clear > >violation of election procedures, using intimidating behaviour towards > >prospective voters; > > > >we received many first-hand reports from people who stated they had been > >threatened with the loss of their jobs if they turned out to vote; > > > >we were in no doubt that countless refugees from Kosovo had been > >deliberately excluded from the electoral lists in Montenegro despite the > >fact that their identity cards, issued in 1999, gave them the right to vote, > >and were thus also prevented from voting. > > > >We could only conclude that these tactics of intimidation and > >disenfranchisement were designed to benefit the so-called Democratic > >Opposition. > > > >We were also appalled at the blatant outside interference in the procedures > >from Western governments which are obviously seeking to influence the > >outcome of these elections by promising economic aid and the lifting of > >sanctions if the Yugoslav people vote in accordance with the wishes of these > >governments and the European Union. > > > >Mick Appleyard Liz Screen Ian Johnson > > > > > > > > > > > >================ > >Macdonald Stainsby. > > > >Rad-Green List: Radical anti-capitalist environmental discussion. > >http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/rad-green > >---------- > >http://www.geocities.com/leninist_international/ > >http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international > > > > > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > > KOMINFORM > P.O. Box 66 > 00841 Helsinki - Finland > +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 > e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.kominf.pp.fi > > _______________________________________________________ > > Kominform list for general information. > Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. > > Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________________ -- Les "Editions Democrite" publient un mensuel en francais : > "Les dossiers du BIP" avec des traductions d'articles provenant de la > presse communiste(grecque, allemande, anglaise, turque, russe, espagnole, > portugaise...)sur des evenements qui interessent des lecteurs communistes. > Editions Democrite, 52, bld Roger Salengro, 93190 LIVRY-GARGAN, FRANCE > e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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