European Parliament
Esko Seppänen (GUE/NGL ). –
Mr President, point 2 of the resolution required us to vote on two separate issues. I had no problem adopting and supporting the first, but the second was problematic and I abstained.
In my opinion, the Belarus elections were not free, but the results were not falsified. On the other hand, the US presidential elections that preceded this – that is, not the most recent ones but the ones before – were free, but in that case the results were falsified. Parliament took no stand on that. I hope that Parliament will also take a stand on the presidential elections in the oil-producing countries of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan, and other countries which are not free and where the results have been falsified.

