Rwandan electoral body accuses EU of bias

[dArKeR]

Rwanda's electoral body on Thursday rejected criticism by European Union observers to this week's presidential election, accusing them of bias in favor of opposition candidate Faustin Twagiramungu.

The 70-strong EU observer mission "has a biased mind, with no objectivity, motivated quite simply by a concern to defend the interests of candidate Faustin Twagiramungu," said the head of the National Electoral Commission, Chrysologue Karangwa.

Karangwa told a press conference he wished to "categorically refute" the EU observers' criticisms on Wednesday following the landslide victory of incumbent President Paul Kagame.

The observers from the EU, one of Rwanda's biggest donors, noted a number of irregularities in the vote, including cases of intimidation, a lack of clear distinction between NEC officials and Kagame representatives, and disparities in numbers suggesting fraud.

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[Paschall]

1. Thanks for posting this Darker

Another story posted about the election stated the only election observers were those delegated by the incumbent President Paul Kagame's party. As this story indicates, that was completely false.

[kang]

2. Sad result

It is sad that Kagame's party found it necessary to intimidate voters. Human Rights Watch and other groups have found evidence of this. Not that the EU doesn't have a bias though. France once supported the Hutu Power regime that committed the genocide.