CIS-EMO

Commonwealth of the Independent States - Elections Monitoring Organization (CIS-EMO) is registered in Russia in September 2003 as international non-government organization. Basic proclaimed purpose of organization — assistance to retention and to the development of the institute of selections on the post-Soviet space.

 

Debatable club «The Commonwealth»

It is a necessity to studying the problems of democratic process for new foreshortenings, with application of new methods of research. Debatable club "The Commonwealth" in which frameworks there is a discussion and development of practical recommendations about the most significant problems of democratic process has been with that end in view created.

Informational bureau

The Informational bureau has been created as a project of the Centre. The Bureau aimed to timely illumination the most significant aspects of the democratic processes in the world. The Bureau conducts active cooperation with leading Russian information agencies, and also a number of foreign medias.

Within Informational bureau is monitoring Russian and foreign media, illuminating opinions of leading experts and analyze of current political events. 

Center's news

CIS-EMO: Low turnout in Poland is in favor of Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s party

Center's news, 10.10.2011

CIS-EMO: Low turnout in Poland is in favor of Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s party

 Warsaw. There is low voter turnout in the parliamentary elections in Poland, reported by the organization's mission to the CIS Election Monitoring, CIS-EMO, cited by the Echo of Moscow.

"23% of voters in Poland have cast their ballots by 14 CET," observers reported. 

But this will not affect the recognition of the elections, because there is no lower limit for voter turnout in the Polish legislation. 
"But the low voter turnout gives an additional chance to party Law and Equity, the political power of Jaroslaw Kaczynski. His constituency is considered as more disciplined," observers from the organization said further. 

Independent observer report of the presidential Election in Abkhazia: 26th August 2011

Center's news, 29.09.2011

Independent observer report of the presidential Election in Abkhazia: 26th August 2011

Oliver DECROCK: I have been invited by Centre for Monitoring Democratic Processes «Quorum» in order to monitor, as an independent observer, the presidential election that took place on the 26th of August 2011. The election was held to elect the successor of President Sergei Bagapsh who died in office on 29 May 2011.

I was part of a delegation of observers from Poland, Ukraine, Moldavia, and Israel…

The following reflects my impressions about the electoral process in Abkhazia

Tiberio Graziani. The Mediterranean and Central Asia: the hinges of Eurasia

Center's news, 30.05.2011

Tiberio Graziani. The Mediterranean and Central Asia: the hinges of Eurasia

 The transition from the unipolar system to a multipolar one is generating tensions in two particular areas of the Eurasian landmass: the Mediterranean and Central Asia. The process of consolidation of polycentrism seems to be undergoing an impasse caused by the “regionalist” behavior adopted by the Eurasian powers. The identification of a single great Mediterranean-Central Asian space, functioning as the hinge of the Euro-Afro-Asian landmass, could provide operational elements for Eurasian integration.

Estonie: des élections pas totalement démocratiques (observateur)

Center's news, 16.03.2011

Estonie: des élections pas totalement démocratiques (observateur)

Les élections législatives, qui ont eu lieu dimanche dernier en Estonie, ″ne peuvent pas être considérées comme totalement démocratiques″, a déclaré lundi à RIA Novosti Marina Kotchetkova qui dirigeait le groupe des observateurs de la Communauté des Etats indépendants (CIS-EMO).

″Les élections parlementaires en Estonie montrent que malgré les évaluations traditionnellement positives émises par Bruxelles au sujet de la démocratie estonienne, les observateurs estiment que le système électoral et les institutions d’Estonie ne correspondent pas totalement aux exigences formulées envers un Etat démocratique contemporain″, a-t-elle constaté. 

Selon Mme Kotchetkova, ″les observateurs internationaux ont trouvé étrange que 27,4 % des électeurs avaient voté par anticipation″.

Igor Kaminnyk: Viktor Yanukovich and perspectives for nationalism in Ukraine

Center's news, 20.01.2011

Igor Kaminnyk: Viktor Yanukovich and perspectives for nationalism in Ukraine

Ukraine has finally stopped being an orphan. It has finally got Father, "Peoples’ Father". or "Nation’s" one?.. Being "Great Father", he is above small political squabbles, such as adopting Tax and Budget Codes. He follows solely "Peoples’ Voice". And he follows solely the Law, developing it, proposing It to Verhovna Rada and imposing a veto. He leads Ukraine to Great future. The whole pre-election campaign of Viktor Fyodorovich was built on the divine ability to be ubiquitous and omniscient.

He promised happiness here and now to people, to be more exact TODAY. He entered every single house and "HEARD EACH SIGNLE ONE". As an all-seeing Father of nation, he is sleeping neither at night, not during the day. By the end of pre-election campaign Viktor Fyodorovich has taken into account the though of every single person. Ukraine was filled with posters "Your Though Is Taken into Consideration". Even if it hasn’t been formed yet. As, for sample, a though about raising retirement age.

Igor Kaminnyk: Independent Osh: Ahtisaari, Kosovo Architect, goes to Kyrgyzstan

Center's news, Informational bureau, 08.09.2010

Igor Kaminnyk: Independent Osh: Ahtisaari, Kosovo Architect, goes to Kyrgyzstan

In the last days of summer 2010 two events took place in Kyrgyzstan, that can be surely taken as crucial. The first event is the beginning of “information processing” of the international community. On August 23rd International Crisis Group published the report and recommendations on the events in the south on its official website. The 39 pages of the report cover events of June 1990, socio-political situation in 2010, events in Jalal-Abad and Osh, and the chronology of the June riots.

Based on this report the web site of the organization presents recommendations to the authorities of Kyrgyzstan and to the international community, namely to the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights and OSCE  High Commissioner on National Minorities.

We will not assess the quality and fairness of the report. Let politicians and experts argue on this. Everything would be fine unless Louise Arbour (in the past she was UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, and is now the Head of International Crisis Group) proclaimed on the pages of The Guardian (British newspaper) the main thesis on why this organization actually started an active work in Kyrgyzstan: Louise Arbour states in her article that, unfortunately, it may no longer be possible to prevent the disintegration of the country.

Human rights

According to the national and international rules of law, all people equal possibilities to satisfy the basic needs providing development of the person and its high-grade participation in a life of a society are given.
Human rights reflect the minimum set of the vital blessings in grazhdansko-political and social and economic spheres. The most standard is the list of the rights fixed in the main remedial document of the United Nations — Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Local self-government

The local government is independent (under the responsibility and at own expense) population activity under the decision of local problems directly, or through created authorities. It is a way of practical and daily participation in a local life, possibility of our participation in the decision of local problems, that is and our participation local government. It is a way of realisation by the people of the power, proceeding from interests of local population and taking into account historical traditions.

Democratic process

One of kinds of political process is democratisation which involves the increasing attention from outside both western, and the Russian researchers. It is connected by that last decades are characterised by falling of authoritative modes and attempt of the statement of democratic institutes in many states of the world.
Well known researcher S. Hantington characterises this process as the third wave of the democratisation which has captured the big group of the countries. Characterising this process as a world democratic revolution, he notices that to the beginning of 90th years democracy is considered as unique legitimate and viable alternative to an authoritative mode of any type.

Civil society

The civil society is one of phenomena of the modern world, a certain ideal to which the individuals, democracies conceiving by categories, leaderships of the law, the rights and freedom of the person and the citizen aspire. The civil society represents association of people for satisfaction of the requirements out of the state.
It is possible to consider as institutes of a civil society all not state organisations: political parties, trade unions, public неправительственые the organisations, to a press etc. Certainly, it does not concern a totalitarian society where all mentioned institutes have the state character, and the civil society is changed by the state. The civil society co-operates with the state. It also forms the natural base of democracy without which last is simply impossible or inefficient.