Kakha Kaladze, the Mayor of Tbilisi and Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Tuesday said, that the OSCE/ODIHR had not used the terms “fair and free” about the Moldovan presidential election runoff on Sunday was explained by the fact that the body did not use such terms any more to assess elections.
“This terminology has not been used by the OSCE/ODIHR for several decades. This is a reality, this is a fact. The organisation presented a very good conclusion on our [parliamentary] elections. To be honest, we have been in elections since 2012, and there has never been such a calm election environment, where all political parties had the opportunity to conduct their election campaigns.
The elections were multi-party, citizens had the opportunity to express their opinion in a calm environment. Perhaps there were isolated cases of confrontation, conflict - unfortunately, such facts happen all over the world - although these were isolated cases. Overall, the assessment made by the OSCE/ODIHR is welcome”, he concluded.
