By empty (10/29/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Vladislav Ardzinba, president of the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia, on Friday asked the republic\'s Central Elections Commission to schedule repeat presidential elections in the breakaway republic. In his decree, Ardzinba said the decisions made by the commission on the recent elections were made under pressure and contain contradictory information. Therefore, they cannot be used for determining the results of the elections.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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