The Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine considers it possible provocations during the 2nd round of elections

The Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine considers it possible the power of provocations fifteen November - the day of the 2nd round of elections of mayors of several cities, said on air of television channel "" Advisor to the head of the Ministry of internal Affairs of the Zoryan Shkiriak.

"We do not exclude the attempts of provocations, and because of this, the Ministry of internal Affairs, that is, in all 32 towns if I'm not mistaken, will take place in the second round, and in the 1st place, Dnipropetrovsk, Pavlograd, Zaporozhye, Uzhgorod and other cities, strengthen the duty of law enforcement officers, are in a state of combat readiness of National guard units, special forces operational purpose of the Ministry of the interior, national guardsmen. In fact, implemented all necessary measures in order not to give rise to any conflict there, any attempt to destabilize, " said Shkiriak.

Local elections were held in Ukraine on 25 October on a new electoral law. Regional, city and district councils elected under the proportional system with open lists, and the deputies of village councils under majority system of relative majority. Deadline selection results - November 4, for five days, then the results must be published in the official local Newspapers.

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. As expected, the second round will be held on fifteen November.


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