Interview With Heidi Tagliavini Head of OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission

Heidi Tagliavini, who led long-term OSCE observers, offered more guarded praise for the election conduct. Tagliavini listed “serious violations” such as multiple and group voting, identical signatures on voter lists and even ballot box stuffing. But she went on to stress, “Overall, they did not affect the outcome of the vote.”