Russian observers will be able to remotely monitor the elections to the Parliament

Russian observers will observe the parliamentary elections in Ukraine on October 26 remotely: in some organizations is not possible to send observers into the country, others doubt the legitimacy and democracy of the upcoming elections to the Verkhovna Rada.

Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine on October 26. The MPs will be elected by a mixed system: fifty percent of the deputies by party list, the second fifty percent in the majority districts. In the elections prohibited the participation of blocs of political parties, the threshold is 5%.

Association for the protection of electoral rights " Civilian oversight " will be controlled remotely, receiving data about the voting process and the resulting violations of human rights activists and experts.

" Travel will not, because, first, there are no guarantees of security. Secondly, We observe that in a lawless state does not have the ability to be a fair election. We doubt their legitimacy, openness, democracy, equal access of all politicians, " said Fins news Co-chair of the Association Alexander Brod. Doubts about the democratic campaign arise for several reasons, " he explained. For example, in the elections will not take part two regions - Donetsk and Luhansk regions, where proclaimed the people's Republic. In addition, the campaign is conducted in conditions of persecution on the commissioners of the Communist party of Ukraine, and the former ruling Party of regions.

next time: a huge number of Citizens of Ukraine are outside the country, and nobody has thought about how they will vote, they are also excluded from the voting process, " said Ford. According to him, currently there is evidence bribery, intimidation of opposition politicians, they have no access To media.

" We are observing at present a large number of violations, do not consider the needed presence as observers specifically on the area of Ukraine ", - graduated from the opposition.

Co-chair of the movement for the protection of the rights of voters " Vote " Gregory Melkonyants also said that no official observation missions from " Voice " to send to the country is not expected. According to him, some activists are planning to go to Ukraine on an individual basis.

" Unfortunately, this time We control will not, because We do not have the capacity to send back our active participants. But remotely, We will see what happens there. We are not going to prepare official statements, But may be covered as we will, " said Melkonyants.

The head of the Russian public Institute of electoral law (ROIP) Igor Borisov said the organization is currently closely monitoring the progress of the election campaign in Ukraine and in the future will be closely watching what is happening in the country.

" More and more convinced that the elections are very weakly correlated with democratic elections within the established democratic standards, " he added. About it speaks to the fact that elections are held in the country, a large area which is covered by the internal armed conflict, although in such circumstances the elections in principle not held, shall be postponed for a long time, explained the Head of ROIIP.

" You want to bring in an example of the military coups 2006 in Thailand, when equipped with a weapon forces launched a military coup. Those of US supported the need for a transition To democratic elections only once a military dictatorship will stop to observe All activities of civil society, " said Borisov.

The Federation Council speaker Valentina Matvienko first stated that the Russian senators ready to become observers at the parliamentary elections, if there is an appropriate sentence. Last week the Commissioner of the Central election Commission of the Russian Federation reported that observers from the CIS countries and the CEC did not receive invitations to the elections to the Verkhovna Rada, for this reason, most likely, will not be involved in monitoring the voting.


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