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Article: Outcome of polls appears to reflect Bangladeshi people's will: EU observer team.
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- UNB - United News of Bangladesh
- Article date:
- December 31, 2008
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Dhaka, Dec 31 (UNB)-European Union's election observers endorsed the outcome of the December 29 parliament elections in Bangladesh as an apparent reflection of Bangladeshi people's will for democratic transition.
"Minor technical difficulties aside, professionalism, transparency and credibility were the hallmarks of this election...Our observers did not report patterns of fraud in the process," chief EU election observer Alexander Lambsdorff told a media conference at the Sheraton Hotel Wednesday, releasing the preliminary statement on the crucial election.
Lambsdorff, who led a contingent of 150 European Observers, said these elections marked an ...