ACQUIRING LEGITIMACY: THE IMPACT OF CIS INTERPARLIAMENTARY INSTITUTIONS ON POST-SOVIET PARLIAMENTARIANISM
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parliamentary democracy, authoritarianism, Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS Member States (IA CIS), Russian interests, foreign policy, soft power, Kyrgyzstan, parliamentarianism, election assessment standards, international observers, legitimization of elections.Abstract
This article analyzes the institutional specifics of CIS interparliamentary institutions in the context of regime transformation. It examines the collective benefits from Kyrgyzstan’s cooperation with the Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS Member States (IA CIS). According to the author, the IA CIS directs its efforts toward upholding the standards of adaptive parliamentarianism in its member states. It initially aimed to coordinate a unified election assessment among its member states, whereby it has managed to create the impression that it is a structure subordinated to the legitimization of authoritative regimes.
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See: A. Murzakulova, Mezhparlamentskie instituty SNG: problemy ustoichivosti i integratsii na postsovetskom pros-transtve, Bishkek Humanitarian University Publishers, Bishkek, 2012.
V. Churov, “Suverennaia demokratiia i vybory,” available at [www.iacis.ru], 9 July, 2013.
A. Taylor, “Sergey Lavrov: The Russian Foreign Minister the U.S Loves to Hate,” The Washington Post, 14 March, 2014.
It is worth noting that 2005 parliamentary elections never did receive a final assessment from the IA CIS observer mission. The report on observer monitoring and assessment was removed from the Organization’s website shortly after the state coup on 24 March.
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