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 […]
Local Elelctions in Ukraine: a view from outside. Arkadiy Liubarev
On October 25, Ukraine held elections to regional, district, city, town, and village councils, as well as elections of heads of cities, towns, and villages. Elections of regional, district, and city councils used what is, for Ukraine, a new version of the proportional election system, in which political party lists are divided into parts corresponding […]
Ukraine 2015 Local Elections: EPDE Experts Reports
During the Local Elections in Ukraine held on October 25 and November 15, 2015 20 EPDE experts and observers analyzed key issues of the election process. The project was founded by the European Union, the German Association for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Polish-German Cooperation Foundation. Arkadii Lubarev from the Association Golos, Moscow, analyzed the […]
EPDE Experts Reports
During the Local Elections in Ukraine held on October 25 and November 15, 2015 20 EPDE experts and observers analyzed key issues of the election process. The project was founded by the European Union, the German Association for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Polish-German Cooperation Foundation. Additionally, 15 EPDE short-term observers from Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, […]
EPDE Experts Reports
During the Local Elections in Ukraine held on October 25 and November 15, 2015 20 EPDE experts and observers analyzed key issues of the election process. The project was founded by the European Union, the German Association for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Polish-German Cooperation Foundation. Additionally, 15 EPDE short-term observers from Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, […]
Competitive elections despite serious shortcomings and imperfect election legislation – EPDE Experts’ Discussion after the Local elections in Kyiv 27 October 2015
On October 27 2015 EPDE hold an experts’ discussion in Kyiv on specific problems of the recent local elections. Arkadi Lubarev from GOLOS Moscow analysed the new law on local election in Ukraine. The law was adopted only shortly before the elections in a non-inclusive manner without broad public discussion. It is an almost literal […]
Invitation: EPDE expert discussion 27 October, 13.00, Kyiv
EPDE: Experts’ Discussion: Specific Problems of the Local Elections in Ukraine Tuesday 27 October 2015, 13.00 – 14.30 Radisson Hotel, Yaroslaviv Val 22 The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) in cooperation with OPORA and the Committee of Voters of Ukraine cordially invites to an experts’ discussion on specific problems of the process of local […]