MENU
Documenting
war crimes in Ukraine
The Tribunal for Putin (T4P) global initiative was set up in response to the all-out war launched by Russia against Ukraine in February 2022.

Similar articles

Fighting stops vote count in Donetsk oblastUkrainian voters drive off ‘carousel’ vote-riggers45% in Donetsk oblast will not voteThousands of soldiers prevented from votingRussian citizenship or your life. How Moscow prepares for fake elections in occupied parts of Ukraine Dead souls and infants ‘voted’ in Russia’s sham ‘referendums’ on annexing Ukrainian territoryInvaders stage fake referendum so they can accuse Ukraine of ‘invading Russia’ The letter on the attempt to remove the Ombudsman from the position – to all people concernedNew United Russia party MP confirms that the fighting in Donbas is by “Russian forces”’ Ruling party in Russia openly admits plan to annex Donbas Russia tricks residents of occupied Donbas into voting in its ‘elections’ in new aggression against Ukraine Legal Opinion on the political motives of the criminal prosecution and violations of human rights in criminal proceedings of Konstantin ZhevagoUkraine passes crucial law that Putin compared to a weapon of mass destruction Opinion on the political motives of criminal persecution and violation of human rights in the case of Sergiy PashinskyViktor Lozinsky, the ex-MP convicted of murder, wins in local elections in UkraineZelensky’s ‘survey – legally questionable and cynically populistAfter 7 years, Ukraine takes first step towards punishing for war crimesAfter 6 years of Russian aggression, Ukraine’s legislators think ‘it’s not the right time’ to punish war crimesThreats against journalist probing impact of pro-Russian Telegram channels on Ukrainian MPsUkraine may wake to find Zelensky has capitulated to Russia on water to Crimea
• Topics / Elections

Surreal battle of old and new members at Donetsk electoral commission

07.11.2014   
The Committee of Voters of Ukraine [CVU] and OPORA report that scandal continues over Donetsk oblast electoral district No. 59, where abnormal turnout and ballot stuffing were reported on Election Day

The Committee of Voters of Ukraine [CVU] and OPORA report that the scandal over Donetsk oblast electoral district  No. 59 is continuing.  Members of the district electoral commission [DEC] who managed to get their powers reinstated by the court are now blocking the commission’s work.  

DEC No. 59 in Velyka Novosilka [Donetsk oblast] has not been working since Oct 29.  CVU and OPORA reported on that date that some members of the commission were ignoring meetings of the DEC and thus preventing the vote count from the parliamentary elections on Oct 26. At that stage around 75 protocols out of 111 had been processed, with some sent for clarification.

The election watchdogs reported that the commission was working in an extremely tense atmosphere with conflict permanently arising between representatives of different political parties. The conflict was mainly between two single mandate candidates, Valentin Manko and Serhiy Sazhko.  

CVU and OPORA had earlier warned that the turnout in particular polling stations seemed abnormally high, suggesting vote-rigging.  After the voting observers also saw cases where ballot papers were thrown into the ballot box.  One of the observers was present at polling station No. 140089 when one of the precinct election commission members put ballot papers into the box while it was being opened.

On Oct 30 the Central Election Commission replaced three members of the commission, including the head.  This appears to have angered other members and that same day nine members decided to move their meetings to Kyiv, going there effectively under police guard.  On Oct 31 the Central Election Commission suspended the nine members, five of whom then appealed against their suspension and were reinstated by the Kyiv Administrative Court of Appeal. 

The election watchdogs report that on Thursday morning the ‘new’ members of the commission appointed by the CEC began working but then the ‘old’ members of the commission arrived and blocked the commission’s work, stopping the meeting from continuing.

The Central Election Commission has lodged a cassation appeal with the High Administrative Court against the ruling of the Kyiv Administrative Court of Appeal which on Nov 3 reinstated the five suspended members of the district election commission. 

 Share this