They also insisted the elections had not brought the country closer to democratic standards.

No elections after 1992 was fully in accordance with national and international democratic standards.

Let us hold ourselves to the same high democratic standards we preach to the rest of the world.

While the union insists that countries meet democratic standards to join, there are few sanctions once a nation is a member.

However, the results were forged and the referendum failed to meet democratic standards.

Electoral legislation passed earlier this month did not meet international democratic standards.

Has there been any improvement in terms of democratic standards as compared to the previous elections?

However, whether the referendum would comply with democratic standards was also an important question.

We too found it difficult to achieve our democratic standards.

We are also positive about the partial consolidation of the Union's democratic standards.