NDI Delegation Finds Bangladesh Parliamentary Elections Well Administered and Peaceful
Bangladeshis voted enthusiastically and in large numbers in Dec. 29 parliamentary elections that were well-administered and conducted in an orderly fashion, according to the findings of an international observer delegation fielded by the National Democratic Institute.
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Ghana’s Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), an NDI partner that monitored the Dec. 28 presidential runoff election, declared the runoff ‘largely in accordance with the electoral laws’ based on data collected from 1,000 polling stations around the country. CODEO reported a number of “problems and lapses” with the balloting but said they did not fundamentally undermine the integrity of the process.
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With the Croatian People’s Party (HNS) serving as host, NDI brought some 25 representatives of Balkan Liberal political parties to the Croatian capital, Zagreb, for two days of discussion about advocacy of Liberal views on Balkans issues at the European level.
In an op-ed for the Melbourne Age newspaper, Bob McMullan, the Australian Secretary for International Development Assistance, details his observation of the Dec. 29 parliamentary elections in Bangladesh as a member of NDI’s international observation delegation.
