STATEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN NETWORK OF ELECTION
MONITORING ORGANIZATIONS ON THE CANCELLATION OF ITS
OBSERVATION MISSION TO THE JULY 29, 2009 EARLY
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

The ENEMO international observation mission to the early Parliamentary elections in the Republic of Moldova officially announced the Mission’s refusal to monitor the elections. The Mission states that the conditions that were set by the authorities of the country make it impossible to perform a comprehensive monitoring effort. In addition to overt interference from the authorities, the observers from ENEMO were threatened by unknown persons of a criminal appearance. In this situation the Mission could not guarantee the safety of its observers, including those who were accredited, and was forced to bring its work to an end.

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