01 August 2018Oleksandr Kliuzhev, Vasyl Kosyi, Robert Lorian, Yurii LisovskyiThe stealing of elections in Kyiv oblast by the devil. Tale #2: The disappearance of carriageCan you feel certain that the winning candidate for deputy, whom you supported in the elections, will gain a deputy seat in local council? The correct answer is “of course you can’t”. We will tell the story how the political party was deprived of more than 100 votes in the process of allocation of deputy seats so as to prevent it from clearing...
01 August 2018Oleksandr Kliuzhev, Vasyl Kosyi, Robert Lorian, Yurii LisovskyiThe stealing of elections in Kyiv oblast by the devil. Tale #1: impersonation of the electIn November 2015, elections were stolen from the citizens of Kyiv oblast. “How elections could have been stolen?” – you'd ask. They were held, of course, but mandates were given not to the candidates who won them under this electoral system.
The first local elections of heads and deputies of village, settlement, and city councils in 125 united territorial communities will take place on December 23, 2018. Also, an additional election of deputies of village and settlement councils in 26 communities is scheduled for this day.
The first local elections can be conducted in the majority of united territorial communities, but there are some issues with proper documentation and electoral disputes in some communities. The Deputy Head of the Central Election Commission Yevhen Radchenko provided this information to journalists after 10 October meeting.
The Central Election Commission considers the postponement of first local elections in united territorial communities. CEC Head Tetiana Slipachuk gave such information on 8 October meeting.
Newly-appointed members of the Central Election Commission didn't allow the journalists and representatives of Civil Network OPORA to attend its first meeting on 5 October. The election administration body elected its members for senior positions on the meeting.
Working group on consideration of the Election Code considered 180 amendments on its 8 October regular meeting. In particular, the Group supported amendments from Civil Network OPORA concerning the right of observers to attend party congresses dedicated to nomination of candidates for MPs.
On October 5, the Central Election Commission held its first meeting and elected the head, two deputy heads, and Commission's secretary. The meeting was closed for the media, violating their rights.
The Central Election Commission will have the certain challenges before the presidential and parliamentary elections and, therefore, it should gain some trust now. This thesis was aired on consultations “Top priority steps for a new CEC, or how to gain the trust”, held on Friday, 28 September.
With the presidential election campaign fast approaching with the official start in three months’ time, NGOs and experts hold stakeholder consultations. The recent lack of political consensus over the replacement of 13 members of the Central Election Commission (CEC) and the appointment of the 14 new members has postponed urgent measures needed in advance of the two national election campaigns in 2019.
National and international institutions gave Ukraine 17 top priority recommendations concerning the electoral reform, but Ukraine has implemented only one, particularly obstruction-free registration and activities of official observers. The rest of 16 recommendations were either partially realized, or not realized at all.
On the eve of the official launch of the Presidential election campaign in Ukraine in December 2019, the Civil Network OPORA presents its preliminary analysis of Ukraine's compliance with the recommendations from national and international observation organizations, international non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations, the diplomatic representatives of the partner countries of Ukraine on elections. With the approach of elections crucial for the democratic development of the country, it is important to conduct the audit of the status of meeting the observers' recommendations. Despite the politically motivated prolongation of the full-fledged election reform in Ukraine, the state still has a chance to improve law and practices before 2019 presidential elections.
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