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Official Report In: OAS Observers "Congratulate Belize"
posted (April 25, 2012)
The Dean Barrow Administration is well underway with its second consecutive term of office, even as there are still four election petitions pending in the court.

But, a release from the Organization of American States today congratulates Belize on its peaceful elections and massive voter turnout.

That's after the Election Observer Mission led by Ambassador Frank Almaguer today presented its report to the permanent council.

According to the release, the report quote, "highlighted the massive turnout - more than 73% of the registered voters- and the peaceful environment in which it took place," end quote.

In its closing press conference in Belize on the day after elections, the head of mission did note some concerns including the sighting of party activists distributing money inside the polling center to persons who had just voted.

The full report has not been released to us, so we can't say whether much was made of such irregularities.

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