OSCE Mission Head Cites Lack Of Public Discussion, 'Strong Links' In Kyrgyz Votes January 13, 2021 18:01 GMT Share share Print The head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) observer mission for the recent Kyrgyz elections has cited "a number of problems" resulting from Bishkek's hurried choice to conduct a presidential election and a major referendum on the Central Asian state's political system simultaneously. Tamas Meszerics, who led the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) observer mission for the January 10 votes, said that Kyrgyzstan's "electoral architecture in terms of the legal framework is OK, what is less clear are all the questions related to the referendum."