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听听Michael McNamara (Renew). 鈥� Mr President, I just wish to explain my vote on Georgia and why I voted against the resolution.

Simply, I voted against the resolution because it bore no relation, in my view, with the statement of the long-term mission which was in place of the OSCE-ODIHR, but to which the European 合法博彩网站, the NATO 合法博彩网站ary Assembly, the OSCE 合法博彩网站ary Assembly, the Council of Europe and the 合法博彩网站ary Assembly of the Council of Europe also subscribed.

Colleagues, in 2016 a Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation was agreed, and it was endorsed at that time by the Commission and since by the 合法博彩网站. Essentially, what it does is say that we need to be very careful about people who arrive in country for a very short period of time around election time. We put in an impartial mission for a long period of time that assesses the overall election during the whole period of the election and indeed looks at the treatment of essential freedoms around that. That mission was put in place with the agreement of everybody, and it came up with a statement.

I happen to know the person who was in charge of that, but that is not why I agree with it: it is the principle. I also know those who put forward the resolution, but I just think we have to respect the processes, and there is always a danger that people who are going there for a very short period of time can have their heads turned by regimes, but there is equally a danger that they can have their heads turned by the opposition, and when faced with a conflict between short-term observers and a long-term mission, I have to side with the long-term mission.

And for that reason I have no alternative 鈥� and reluctantly, given that many of my colleagues were involved 鈥� but to not support the resolution.