Any news about election campaign in Ukraine? What are the risks of misuse of administrative resources? This information will be presented by representatives of Civil Network OPORA on its press-conference “A month before the election day: campaign trends based on independent civic observation findings”, to be held on 5 March.

OPORA's representatives will tell about the detected violations of electoral legislation, regional activeness of candidates for the President of Ukraine, and how district election commissions started functioning. Observers will also present an overview of major misuses of administrative resources occurring during this election.

Participants of the event:

  • Olha Aivazovska, Head of the Board of the Civil Network OPORA
  • Oleksandr Kliuzhev, Analyst at Civil Network OPORA
  • Oleksandr Neberykut, Analyst at Civil Network OPORA

Representatives of the organization will also evaluate the CEC's interpretation on voter bribery and involvement of voters in campaigning efforts. 

Press-conference will be held at 11:30 AM on 5 March (Tuesday)  in the UNIAN Information Agency,  4 Khreshchatyk St.) Press accreditation is a must.

Reference: OPORA's observation is aimed at impartial assessment of election administration, facilitation of free and fair election, and prevention of violations. In October 2018, Civil Network OPORA has launched a wide-scale observation of Presidential election in Ukraine. Thus, 204 observers have been deployed to each part of Ukraine since the official start of election campaign. 1,500 short-term observers will join them on 31 March 2019, and in the second round if it is held. They will also realize a parallel vote tabulation (PVT), aimed to receive election results faster and more accurate than exit-polls. Besides that, we monitor the use of budget resources for indirect campaigning, train law-enforcement bodies on peculiarities of election process, deployed a network of electoral rights ombudsmen, assessed Ukraine's realization of recommendations from international missions concerning the electoral reform, and conduct a voter awareness campaign.

For further information, please contact:

e-mail: [email protected]

Phone: 044 591 44 44