The Belarusian CEC responded to the OSCE ODIHR with a phrase from a Soviet cartoon

On January 25, Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Igor Karpenka commented on the statement of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) about the election of the Belarusian president with a phrase from a Soviet cartoon.

"It was, you know, there was such a cartoon in the 80s when the Olympics were in Moscow. The cartoon was 'Everyone is in favor, but Baba Yaga is against it.' These people, who are from there, from several thousand kilometers, say that the elections, which have not yet been held, they are invalid," Sputnik Belarus quotes Karpenko.

Thus, he reacted to the statement of OSCE ODIHR Director Maria Telalian that the absence of observers from this structure would leave the republic without an independent assessment. Karpenka also expressed bewilderment at those who had authorized the office to be the main structure for assessing the electoral process.

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