Ukraine has presented to the contact group a draft law on holding local elections in the Donbass, said the Commissioner of the OSCE.
data about This RIA " Novosti ".
recall, October 6, Donetsk and Lugansk people's Republic agreed to the postponement of local elections for 2016 with full implementation by Kyiv of political points of Minsk-2. For example, Ukraine is obliged to provide the Donbass special status, to prevent the persecution and reward participants in the events on the territories of DNR and LNR, and re-vote for amendments to the Constitution in new, coherent with the new Russia edition. According to the decrees of the heads of the breakaway republics, in DND the Elections will be held April 20, at the LC ? 21 February 2016. However, on Sunday in Ukraine held local Elections under new electoral law. The election turnout was 46, and 62%. The turnout at the elections of the mayor of Kiev and the city Council of the capital of Ukraine was 41, 87%. The Kyiv city Council said that the Elections in the capital of Ukraine can be considered valid, but received 350 messages about different violations during the voting. So, observers of 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. In addition, human rights defenders concluded, and the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine received over 340 reports related to violations during the elections. About 20% of the polling stations in local elections in Ukraine were opened with a delay, 237 does not open at all. Elections were held in all regions, Except for Mariupol and Krasnoarmeysk, where they were cancelled. 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.

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