Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-12-12-Speech-1-036"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-12-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:One-minute speeches on matters of political importance2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051212.12.1-036"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-12-12-Speech-1-0372
lpv:speaker	lp:Nirj Deva2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I recently monitored the presidential election in Kazakhstan with a group of senior British politicians and academics. I have some experience in these matters, having monitored the election in Indonesia last year, which was probably the most complicated election the world had ever seen. The British group came to the conclusion that the elections in Kazakhstan were free and without coercion. Several other groups from Belgium, France, the CIS, the USA and Indonesia came to the same conclusion. The spokesman of one of the opposition candidates said after the election that the opposition had blown it by concentrating on personalities rather than policies. We completely disagreed with the conclusions of the OSCE monitoring group, which produced an expensive, dismissive and academically pompous report condemning the election process. The OSCE also contradicted the previous statement of the Members of this House following last year’s parliamentary election, which concluded that the Kazakh electorate is now sophisticated and beyond coercion or intimidation. I believe the OSCE report was influenced by its internal bureaucracy on the future chairmanship of the organisation. Bureaucrats should not attempt to play politics, nor try to dictate who the chairman should be. It will bring the OSCE into disrepute, a state of affairs not desired by this House. I would now call on this House to have an inquiry into the workings of the OSCE."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Nirj Deva (PPE-DE ). –"1

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