Re: Rigging Evidence
Putting aside party preferences, one needs to put things in perspective with respect to electoral rigging. You have quoted FAFEN, and a few others on this forum have quoted EU observers as saying that the ‘elections were fair’. A realistic way of putting it is that according to FAFEN and EU observers, elections were relatively fair in the polling stations that they monitored.
Heres some info.
FAFEN
**FAFEN observed polling processes at a maximum of 38,274 polling stations and 31,337 polling booths spanning over 263 National Assembly constituencies as a part of its election day observations. The exercise yielded observations of a total 71,397 irregularities and violations in the day’s proceedings
**Now, there were more than 90,000 polling stations and almost 200,000 polling booths across the country. So FAFEN monitored around 15-20% of the total polling booths. Does that allow them to make an assessment about the complete election? Moreover, why would anyone conduct rigging in front of a FAFEN or EU observer? Rigging took place in places where observers werent present, and theres plenty of video evidence.
EU Observers
There were a total 140 EU observers for the whole country. Thats an even worse percentage than FAFEN. Doesnt even warrant a mention to be honest.