By empty (2/28/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The February 27 elections to the lower house of the Tajik parliament were legal, CIS Executive Secretary and head of the CIS election observing mission Vladimir Rushailo told a Monday press conference in Dushanbe. \"CIS election observers believe the parliamentary elections in Tajikistan complied with national election laws and have declared the elections legal, free and transparent,\" he said. Rushailo proposed that other election observers, who share this opinion, join in the statement by CIS election observers.