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By Vladimir Radyuhin
MOSCOW, MARCH 1. Ruling parties in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan headed for victory in parliamentary elections on Sunday in the two Central Asian states amid allegations of massive violations. Preliminary results in Kyrgyzstan showed that the party of power, Alga Kyrgyzstan (Forward Kyrgyzstan), set up by the President, Askar Akayev's daughter, Bermet Akayev, has captured eight out 28 seats filled in Sunday's vote. This party together with allies is expected to dominate the 75-member Parliament after a run-off is held in two weeks. The President's son, Aidar Akayev, won 80 per cent of the votes in his father's home constituency. Mr. Akayev's daughter, Bermet, is leading in her district with 45 per cent. Opposition threatened to stage a "velvet revolution" in Kyrgyzstan modelled on the "rose revolution" in Georgia and the "orange revolution" in Ukraine, but Sunday's vote passed peacefully, with scattered Opposition protests reported only in provinces. In neighbouring Tajikistan, the President, Imomali Rakhmonov's People's Democratic Party won 80 per cent of the votes in the 63-member Lower House. Apart from Mr. Rakhmonov's party, the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan and the Communist Party got two seats each. The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which monitored the Central Asian elections, said the polls fell short of international standards and accused authorities of wide-spread irregularities. Observers from Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States did not report any violations.
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