General and local elections, which were held in several of the countries over the past year, were considered basically free and fair but voter turnout was generally low, in the case of the Serbian and the Montenegrin presidential elections even rendering the elections invalid.
De algemene en lokale verkiezingen die dit jaar in verschillende landen werden gehouden, waren in essentie vrij en eerlijk, maar de opkomst was over het algemeen laag, terwijl in Servië en Montenegro de presidentsverkiezingen door die lage opkomst zelfs ongeldig moesten worden verklaard.
