He won a convincing appointment

According to the CEC of Turkmenistan, the appearance in the first alternative presidential elections was 99%. There were six candidates in these elections, but from the very beginning it was clear that the 49-year-old Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov, who at the end of last year, after the death of Saparmurat Niyazov, was appointed the acting. president. Actually, this already meant that Berdimuhammedov would become the successor of the Turkmenbashi.

The remaining five candidates - all little -known politicians from the only democratic party in the country - participated only formally in the elections to give them a democratic look. This was also appreciated by the European parliamentarian, unofficially observing the elections. He said that the vote was neither honest nor free, but, realizing that there was nothing more to demand from the Turkmen situation, he called a step forward to the country's leadership to demonstrate the likeness of a democratic procedure.

In total, in Ashgabat there were four representatives of the OSCE parliamentary Assembly. However, they stated that they were not engaged in monitoring voting, and profit to improve ties with Turkmenia. The Turkmen authorities offered the OSCE to observe the elections, but the Europeans abandoned official monitoring, motivating this with a shortage of training.

Voting took place in a festive setting. Military brass bands played, for the first time voting voters, 18-year-olds, presented the flowers and volume of Rukhnama Niyazov. Voters threw uncomplicated ballots into transparent urns for voting, on which a note was visible, meaning voting for Berdimuhamedov.

During the election campaign, the acting The president promised to revise some of the most unpopular decisions of Niyazov. He promised to return the abolished ten -year secondary education; To recreate a network of hospitals that are now only in cities, throughout the country; Return pensions to the peasants. Moreover, Berdimuhammedov even promised to give the population free access to the Internet and provide mobile communications with the villagers. Finally, Berdimuhammedov stated that Turkmenistan would follow a democratically and spoke out for the development of a multi -party system.

Whether Berdimuhammedov will allow the golden teeth banned by Niyazov, is still unknown. But most likely there are no great changes in isolated from the whole world, the country should not wait.

The official results of the elections will appear on Tuesday, and the inauguration of Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov will be held on Wednesday. No one even talks about the possibility of the second round. Representatives of foreign states are invited to the inauguration, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov will represent Russia there.

Since the death of Niyazov, the United States, Europe and China are closely monitoring the situation in the wealth of Turkmenia. They are interested in the fact that Turkmen gas is exported along new routes, and not Gazprom pipelines, which buys Turkmen gas at low prices. Therefore, no one wants to spoil relations with Turkmenia now. However, evil languages ​​- Turkmen opposition - argue that the gas in Turkmenistan is not so much and soon the share of the fuel sold to Russia can be cut.

Open dissatisfaction with the Turkmen elections is expressed only by international human rights organizations and the leader of the Turkmen opposition movement “Vatan” by Khudaiberda Orazov. The former called the vote a simulation aimed at the formation of a "new dictatorship", and the second doubted the reliability of their results.