Unfortunately due to reports of our independent observers the Republic of Georgia has held its recent parliamentary election amid concerns of continued electoral irregularities and low public trust in the process.
For example, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has recently issued a report (http://www.osce.org/documents/odihr/...5/31111_en.pdf) that notes media bias, vote buying and abuse of public resources in favor of the party in power. The OSCE observers have also noted many examples of non-existent apartment buildings entered into election lists as well as of people who had died, but were still on election rolls.
The ODIHR observer groups said they had confirmed several allegations of voter intimidation, despite statements by President Saakashvili and the Interior Ministry calling for public officials not to interfere in the election process. I am not speaking about such outrages as beating of some opposition activists right at the polling stations during and soon after voting. Moreover, Georgian authorities have had to confirm it too, but somehow they continue to deny any connection of it to the vote. And what is worse: nobody has been punished for these gross violations of election laws. Thus, it is quite logical that most Georgian voters do not trust the electoral process, as well as, the effectiveness of any democratic reforms in Georgia at all.
As to us, Europeans, such estimates of republic’s recent elections has again shown to everybody in Europe that Georgia failed a test to democracy. To all seeming those, who accused Georgian president of arrogance and authoritarian rule, turned out to be right. And it is too early to call this Caucasian republic to NATO or EU, if even its elections are so far from generally received democratic norms!

are you quoting russian newspapers?

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