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Kyrgyzstan tyrant and US ally accused of election fraud
The Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) lambasted the Kyrgyzstan administration for running a fraudulent Presidential election on Thursday, which resulted in a landslide victory for the incumbent, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who supposedly won 85% of the vote.
The OSCE, a European-based regional security organization and watchdog group, had 280 election monitors on the ground to ensure international election standards and commitments were met by the Kyrgyz Republic. The organization called the election "disappointing" and issued an official public reprimand that an OSCE spokesperson described as "unusually harsh". In contrast, a Moscow-based organization stated that the elections were: "open and free". Moscow's analysis of the situation would not surprise the Christian Science Monitor's Fred Weir, considering he colorfully characterized the final tally in favor of Bakiyev as "Sovietesque".