Par ailleurs, l’UE a noté les difficultés d’accès aux médias publics pour les partis non-gouvernementaux et des restrictions imposées à la presse indépendante, qui ont eu un effet négatif sur la capacité des partis politiques à mener leurs campagnes, ainsi que sur l’information des électeurs tadjik sur les choix qui leur étaient offerts lors des élections.
In the run-up to the elections, too, the EU could see that the composition of district electoral commissions was politically unbalanced and that a number of non-government candidates were removed from election lists. The EU also noticed difficulties in gaining access to public media for non-government parties and restrictions imposed on the independent press, which adversely affected political parties' ability to campaign and the information available to Tajik voters on the options before them in the elections.