DNR authorities appoint date of elections in local authorities
Elections to the local self-proclaimed authorities of Donetsk national Republic is scheduled on 18 October, said the Head of the DND Alexander Zakharchenko. Zakharchenko also said that the Republic " does not relate to Elections, which will be held in the territory of Ukraine ", and local Elections will be held according to the Minsk agreement, according to a report on the Internet office of the Supreme court of the DNR. "Preparations for the elections is on track, they will be held on 18 October 2015. For us they are not the first, so the experience is already there, " - said Zakharchenko. Remember, last week the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree on ensuring the holding of "a democratic, fair and transparent" elections in local authorities in Ukraine on October 25. The Authorities LNR appointed local Elections on November 1, but in DND they are required to take 18 October. Poroshenko said that Donetsk and Lugansk are obliged to dispense with the holding of local elections, and tried to convince them to immediately begin discussions on the modalities of their conduct according to the Ukrainian laws. The authorities of Donetsk and Lugansk national republics many times stated about the conduct of local elections regardless of the wishes of Kiev. In DND also said that the Elections in the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics will be held legally agreed upon with the authorized DND and LNR, but such approval will not be contrary to the law on elections in Ukraine. However, the mission of the Office for democratic institutions and human rights of the Organization for security and cooperation in the European Union (OSCE / ODIHR) did not want to participate in observing the elections in the territories proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national republics. The head the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin met with the head of EU diplomacy Federica Mogherini said that the holding of local elections in Donetsk and Luhansk will lead to the disruption of the Minsk agreements.