OIC Secretary General congratulates President of Turkmenistan on his re-election

16/02/2017 - The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen has congratulated H. E. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, on his re-election as the President of the Republic of Turkmenistan during the Presidential election held on 12 February 2017. Dr. Othaimeen also commended the people of Turkmenistan for their impressive turnout, political maturity and interest to exercise their right for developing democratic institutions of their country. The Secretary General pointed out that the landslide victory of H.E. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov reflects the confidence the people of Turkmenistan reposed in his leadership.

A team of OIC election observers was deployed, upon an invitation by the Turkmen Central Election Commission (CEC), to monitor the presidential elections. The OIC delegation was able to monitor every stage of the voting process, right from the opening of polling stations to the collation and announcement of the preliminary results by the CEC. The OIC observer mission noted with satisfaction that the voting process was well organized, peaceful, free and transparent. The delegation did not observe any irregularities nor problems in the visited polling stations during the election day.

Source: http://www.oic-oci.org/topic/?t_id=13168&t_ref=5768&lan=en