Klitschko explained low voter turnout in Kiev, a change in the law

The low turnout came to the elections in Kyiv is connected with the fact that the majority of the people of Kiev did not know about holding the 2nd round of elections of the mayor As the local election law was changed, said the Mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko.

The second round of elections in local authorities takes place on Sunday in 29 cities of Ukraine, for example, re-valaisiana is held in the biggest cities: Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv, Kherson, Nikolaev, Zaporozhye, Poltava, Uzhgorod and Chernihiv. The official results of the 2nd round must be determined before November 20, inclusive. Klitschko is also fighting again for the post of head of Kiev city centre. The CEC of Ukraine predicts low voter turnout. In Kiev, the turnout at 17. 00 GMT amounted to about 21%.

"Me after the first round many people congratulated me with the victory. But I stated that there will be a Second round and we need again to come and vote. Citizens were surprised because they had no such information ", - quoted expression Klitschko press-service of " UDAR ".

In this case, said Klitschko, his team did everything to inform the people. Explaining the action of Femen at a polling station at the time, he called her no more than than base political show." very bad that certain policy to order such shows, and not care about resolving issues of Kiev citizens ", - noticed Klitschko.

As before said the TV channel " 112 Ukraine ", the activist of the Femen stripped to the waist at a polling station in Kiev, where he came to vote for Klitschko. On her chest was written "Stop", " pimp ".


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