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29 of October, 16:01

Tymoshenko said about the mass falsifications of the elections by the authorities of Ukraine
The head of the party "Batkivshchyna" Yulia Tymoshenko said the massive fraud by the Ukrainian authorities of results of local elections across the country.

"There is a mass falsification of the results on the whole territory of Ukraine, are the replacement of protocols, correction of figures, all this is, without doubt, committed under the auspices of the current government. The chief Prosecutor's office is idle, the Ministry of internal Affairs idle, everything is covered ", - said Tymoshenko at a press conference on Thursday.

in her expressions, the party "Batkivshchyna" can't be silent and to cover the total falsification. So, in her expressions, the citizens are going to go to the protests or have already had them in the Kiev region, Uzhgorod, Pavlograd, Odesa. She accused law enforcement officers, not preventing fraud. Tymoshenko demanded that the head of the General Prosecutor's office and interior Ministry to immediately intervene in the situation.

"If the Manager has committed to be responsible for fair elections, we are now required to place certain actions. Must be installed all the territorial election Commission, which until now have been submitted to the CEC necessary documents ", - said the head of the party.

Local elections were held in Ukraine on 25 October on a new electoral law. In small towns with population over 90 thousand people, the mayor was elected by a simple majority of votes, and in the large cities must be assigned the second round, If none of the candidates could gain more than 50% of the vote. Regional, city and district councils elected under the proportional system with open lists.

in the elections has not had the opportunity to participate blocks of political parties, the electoral threshold for parties was raised from 3% to 5%. The election will turnout. The results must be determined before November 4 and made public for five days, and in case of holding the 2nd round in the big cities - not later than November 20.

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