Ukrainian police have received over the past day more than 400 messages on violations of electoral law during the elections held yesterday in the Local councils, said the press service of the Ministry.
"over the past day in Kyiv police received a 404 message associated with the electoral process. The interior Ministry opened 7 criminal proceedings according to section " Bribery of voters ", ? the news Agency of the letter a press-service of the Ministry.
according to him, due to the administrative offences made 7 protocols, such as five according to the paragraph " violation of the restrictions of campaigning ", the two ? in accordance with paragraph " hooliganism ". According to Ukrainian law the Bribery of voters is punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years. Local Elections were held in Ukraine on Sunday on the new electoral law. Regional, city and district councils elected under the proportional system with open lists. The results must be determined before November 4 and made public for five days. In the elections has not had the opportunity to participate blocks of political parties, the electoral threshold for parties is raised from 3% to 5%. The election will turnout. Observers from international public organization SILBA (support Initiative for liberty and democracy) from Denmark, who has followed the local elections in Ukraine, highlighted the possible facts of bribery of voters. Other human rights activists summed up numerous violations during the electoral process and predicted a small turnout. The Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine has already received over 340 reports related to violations during the elections. According to " SUPPORT ", registered more than 1,000 violations during the elections. According to the CEC of Ukraine, the turnout in these elections was 46, and 62%. However, about 20% of the polling stations in local elections in Ukraine were opened with a delay, 237 does not open at all. The elections were initiated in all regions except Mariupol and Krasnoarmeysk, where they were cancelled. As emphasized in the territorial election Commission, this is due to errors In printing ballots. In the Opposition bloc told that the responsibility for the violation of the electoral process in Mariupol and Krasnoarmeysk is himself on the President of Ukraine Petra Poroshenko. Poroshenko ordered the Parliament to amend the law to allow elections in Mariupol In the current year. Elections were not held on Kiev-controlled territories in 125 cities and towns of Donetsk region and in 146 ? Luhansk that are in the area of so-called military operation of Kiev.

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