Observers: Ukrainian elections act requires revision

The international Observers assessed that the legal framework on which Local elections were conducted in Ukraine, contain gaps and inaccuracies, does not meet international standards and needs revision.

"The election law was passed not more than four months before election day, without consultation with all stakeholders. Despite previous advice of the OSCE / ODIHR and the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, the regulatory framework remains fragmented and contains gaps and inaccuracies, and lacks clarity. In General, the legislative framework does not meet small commitments to the OSCE and the Council of Europe and international standards ", - reported in the General statement of preliminary findings and conclusions on monitoring local elections in Ukraine the OSCE / ODIHR, the mission of the Council of Europe and of the European Parliament delegation.

Observers also emphasize that applied in these elections in Ukraine the so-called system of open lists was not clear to constituents, and represented the difficulty for the members of election commissions.

Local elections were held in Ukraine on Sunday on the new electoral law. In small towns with population over 90 thousand people, the mayor was elected by a simple majority vote, and in large cities can be assigned to a second round if none of the candidates will be able to collect more than 50% of the vote. Regional, city and district councils elected under the proportional system with open lists.


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