EPDE Policy Alert – Electoral Reform In Ukraine #1
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) monitors the progress of electoral reform in Ukraine. The first issue of the “EPDE Policy Alert – Electoral Reform in Ukraine” analyzes reasons for the prevailing reform fatigue among Ukraine’s government officials and lawmakers and gives insight into possible scenarios for the time to come. On September 5, […]
Electoral Reform in Ukraine #1
Electoral reform is currently not on the agenda of the Ukrainian Parliament. However, with the next parliamentary elections scheduled for 2019, the Parliament should start to discuss the already existing draft laws on parliamentary elections and the Elections Code right now. Even though reform of the electoral law and introduction of a proportional electoral system […]
Call for Applications: Press trip to Ukrainian elections
Ausschreibung Pressereise zu den ukrainischen Wahlen Anlässlich der ukrainischen Kommunalwahlen am 29. Oktober 2017 organisiert die European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) vom 23.-30. Oktober 2017 eine Informationsreise in die Ukraine. Um die Teilnahme an der Informationsreise können sich deutschsprachige JournalistInnen, BloggerInnen und andere MultiplikatorInnen bewerben, die sich für das Thema Wahlen […]
Ukrainian local elections will take place on 29 October
August 2017, Kyiv Within the framework of Ukrainian’s ongoing decentralization process, the Ukrainian Central Election Commission has scheduled the first elections of City Mayors and Councilors in 202 newly united territorial communities. The corresponding decision was taken on Friday meeting, August 18, as EPDE member OPORA informs. The Central Election Commission has scheduled […]
Challenges and Prospects of Electoral Reform in Ukraine – EPDE Policy Paper
Electoral reform is a crucial component of a strong and sustainable democracy in Ukraine. However, the Ukrainian election legislation ranks among the least stable in Europe. Six out of the last eight parliamentary elections in Ukraine were held under different electoral legal frameworks. Moreover, four different electoral systems were in place. In most cases, either […]
Challenges and Prospects of Electoral Reform in Ukraine
With the next parliamentary elections scheduled for 2019, international actors should take action and encourage the Ukrainian government to overcome the prevailing reform fatigue and push for the implementation of the following reform steps: a proportional electoral system with open regional electoral lists, the right to vote for IDPs, a proper legal framework for the […]
Fake Observers Praise Primaries in Occupied Territories in Eastern Ukraine
Jaroslav Borka, MP Czech Republic, Communist Party The internationally unrecognized “Donetsk People’s Republic” and “Luhansk People’s Republics” (“DPR”/”LPR”) held so-called “primaries” on October 2, 2016. “Primaries” are meant to pre-select possible candidates for the local elections in the occupied Donetsk and Luhansk regions. By conducting primaries, “LPR” and “DPR” intend to prepare candidates for […]
OPORA: Credibility of new Central Election Commission in Ukraine at risk
OPORA: New CEC Composition Should be the Result of Parliamentary Consensus Today, legal grounds are in place for a legitimate rotation of CEC membership by dismissing the 12 current members and appointing 11 new members of the Commission. However, the choice and submission of new CEC members by the President of Ukraine indicates that only […]
Ukrainian EPDE members CVU and Opora publish expert reports
Civic Network Opora and the Committee of Voters of Ukraine together with the international EPDE experts published four analysis on the conditions for democratic elections in Ukraine. Arkadii Lubarev from the Association Golos, Moscow, analyzed the implication of the new local election law. Steffen Halling from the Berlin based German Institute for International and […]
Local Elelctions in Ukraine: a view from outside
The purpose of this report is: (1) To review international standards on the right to universal and equal suffrage and find out if this right encompasses the corresponding rights of IDPs too; (2) To examine the practices of those countries which managed to ensure the right to political participation for IDPs and can be considered […]