The CLRAE and the OSCE/ODIHR both had observation missions covering the two rounds of elections. The reports have, to a large extent, brought to the same conclusions. CLRAE states:
“In the opinion of the delegation of observers, the election campaign did not comply with the criteria of a democratic election as set out in the “Code of good practice in electoral matters” adopted by the Venice Commission, the Parliamentary Assembly and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe.”[4]