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Europe and Newly Independent States (ENI) Report Europe and Newly Independent States (ENI) Report JANUARY 2000 IFES Helps Train Do- Europe ACEEEO ..................................................p. 2 mestic Observers in Albania ......................................................p. 2 Belarus ......................................................p. 3 Moldova Bosnia and Herzegovina ..........................p. 3 Moldova ...................................................p. 1 Russian Federation ...................................p. 7 In January, IFES, in conjunction with the League Ukraine .....................................................p. 9 for Human Rights of Moldova (LADOM), the Hel- Yugoslavia (Kosovo) .................................p. 10 sinki Committee of Moldova, and the Central Elec- tion Committee, conducted training seminars for Caucasus/Central Asia domestic observers who traveled to Taraclia County Armenia .....................................................p. 10 on 23 January 2000 to monitor local elections. The Azerbaijan .................................................p. 11 training of the approximately 60 observers was held Georgia .....................................................p. 12 in both Chisinau and Cahul County. CEC Secretary Kazakhstan ................................................p. 13 Puica covered the background of these elections and Kyrgyzstan .................................................p. 14 spoke on the rights and responsibilities of observers Tajikistan ...................................................p. 15 and proper observing procedures. In his presenta- Uzbekistan .................................................p. 18 tion, IFES/Moldova Senior Program Coordinator Igor Botan focused on the legal framework regulat- ing elections, the establishment of the CEC, and spoke briefly about IFES’ activities and elections in international standards regarding observers’ activi- the United States. Participants received copies of ties. Scott Lansell, Director of Europe and NIS, The Observer Guide, The Observer Form, and the most recent issue of the Civic Voice newsletter. Local Elections in Taraclia County On 23 January, local elections were held in Taraclia County. The former Taraclia District, which con- tains a substantial Bulgarian minority, boycotted the May 1999 local elections after the district was in- cluded in Cahul County. To ease tensions in south- ern Moldova, the government created Taraclia County in October 1999, and elections were set for January 2000. The Communist and Agrarian Par- ties captured many of the seats in the county and local councils. CEC Secretary Puica addresses the rights and responsibili- (Continued on p. 5) ties of domestic observers during the training seminar. Page 1 EUROPE Programming Initiatives ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EURO- In January, the Council of Ministers formally ap- proved the Election Assistance Project that seeks to PEAN OFFICIALS (ACEEEO) computerize voter lists and create a central voter registry. In addition, a voter identification card will Information Technology in Elections be created to help workers at polling stations iden- Preparations are underway for the upcoming Annual tify voters against voter extracts and better ensure Conference of the ACEEEO scheduled to take place against multiple voting. Work has begun to finalize from 14-16 June in Warsaw, Poland. Representa- the project outline and implementation schedule to tives from IFES, ACEEEO, and National Electoral fit the new time lines. With approval, the Minister Office of Poland met in Warsaw to discuss the event of Local Government indicated that local elections titled “Information Technology in Elections.” Elec- would not take place before mid September of this tion officials, experts, and others interested in elec- year. On 11 January, the Organization for Coopera- tions and information technology from over 25 tion in Europe (OSCE) sponsored a meeting with countries are expected to attend the conference. representatives of all political parties where they The agenda for the event will seek to address both gave their support to the Election Assistance Pro- practical and legal considerations tied to identifying ject. and implementing new information technology into the electoral process. The Central Election Commission (CEC), and by implication the new draft election law, has been An exhibition of election technology, equipment, strongly criticized by opposition parties as attempt- and services will play an integral role in the confer- ing to manipulate future election results. IFES is ence proceedings. Worldwide participation in the working closely with the US Embassy and OSCE to exhibition is expected from companies involved in find a way to enable all political parties to enter into elections as well as those interested in entering the a dialogue to allow the CEC to begin its work and field. For more information on the exhibition or to allow a new law to proceed. request a registration form, please contact IFES’ ACEEEO Vendor Coordinator Matt Curtis by e- Draft Election Law Under Discussion mail at [email protected]. The draft election law (although incomplete) was discussed with a number of local NGOs in mid- IFES Helps ACEEEO Increase Capacity December. At that time, support was given to the IFES has undertaken several projects designed to direction the law was taking and little detailed criti- increase the capacity of the ACEEEO to organize cism was raised. It was the intent of the govern- events and provide a better service to election offi- ment to hold all party talks on the draft law in late cials in the region. Aware of the ACEEEO Secre- December and early January. These discussions tariat’s enhanced role in planning and organizing have not taken place and comments from the Minis- annual conferences, IFES has prepared a Confer- tries of Finance, Justice and Local Government as ence Planning Handbook. This comprehensive well as the Council of Europe have not yet been re- Handbook, which is based on over ten years of ex- ceived by the Judicial Branch of the Prime Minis- perience, covers everything from outreach to plan- ter’s office. In the meantime, the government de- ning to training material development. IFES also cided to submit a law on the CEC to Parliament in conducted an assessment to identify strengths and order to allow that body to begin its work. The weaknesses of the ACEEEO’s Secretariat. IFES is draft CEC law, taken directly from the draft election undertaking steps to identify needs and provide sup- law, with the exception of the list of CEC responsi- port. In addition to the Handbook, IFES is develop- bilities, has been strongly opposed by the opposition ing an access database to track event participants and has not yet been placed on the parliamentary and collect information on regional experts in the agenda. field of elections. By increasing the capacity of the ACEEEO, IFES is developing a long-term partner Law on Central Election Commission Delayed in the region. With the lack of an implementing law, the CEC has not yet been able to begin its formal functions. The ALBANIA opposition of opposition parties is based on two is- Page 2 sues: a disagreement that the provisions in the Con- stitution are appropriate, and second the lack of 1999 Opinion Survey Translated into Russian consultation between the President and the opposi- The 1999 Survey of Public Opinion in Belarus has tion parties before appointments were made. Oppo- been translated into Russian and will soon be avail- sition to the law has been strong enough to prevent able for public distribution. The IFES survey ex- opposition parties from considering a new electoral amines public opinion on several issues, including law without seeing substantial changes. the elections staged in May 1999 by political parties opposed to the rule of President Alexander Luka- Initiation of Voter Registration Project shenko, the current state of affairs in Belarus, and With the formal approval of the project by the gov- the proposed union between Belarus and Russia. It ernment, it has been possible to proceed on this ini- also measures the level of public information avail- tiative. In late January, IFES Voter Registration able and the impact of the mass media. While pro- Specialist Enrique Saltos returned to Albania fol- viding a better understanding of the public’s atti- lowing the November/December ’99 IFES registra- tudes toward Belarus’ current political and eco- tion assessment to work in more detail with UNDP nomic situation, the data can also be compared to and the Government of Albania on this project. Ad- similar information from other countries, such as ditional IFES registration technicians are likely to Ukraine and Russia, to develop a deeper under- travel to Albania in February as the project fully standing of the impact of political, economic, and develops. In addition, other international partners social transitions in the former Soviet Union. To are making commitments to the project including order a copy of the English-language copy of the several European governments and the Canadians. survey, please direct your requests to IFES/ The project is now looking again at the issuance of Washington’s F. Clifton White Resource Center. a photo identification card for voting. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (BiH) IFES’ principal activities for the project are antici- pated to be in door-to-door enumeration which will BiH Parliament Blocks Election Law develop the new voter lists and the voter/civic edu- On 20 January, a spokeswoman for
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