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 […]
Belarusian EPDE members BHC and HRC Viasna publish first election monitoring’ report
Analytical weekly report on the results of observation: June 7-12 Election observation is carried out by activists of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Human Rights Center “Viasna” within the campaign “Human Rights Defenders For Free Elections”. CONCLUSIONS – the 2016 parliamentary elections started against the background of a difficult geopolitical situation in […]
Statement on restrictions of the activities of local observers and mass media representatives in the Draft Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia
The Draft Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia was adopted by the National Assembly of Armenia in its third reading on May 25, 2016. Unfortunately, neither the proposals submitted by the political forces and civil society, nor the recommendations on 2012 parliamentary and 2013 presidential elections by OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission and on 2015 […]
Statement on serious restrictions in the Draft Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia
STATEMENT on the restrictions of the activities of local observers and mass media representatives in the Draft Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia The Draft Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia was adopted by the National Assembly of Armenia in its third reading on May 25, 2016. Unfortunately, neither the proposals submitted […]
Lilia Shibanova, Russian Election Observer Arrested in Belarus
Foto: dw.de Lilia Shibanova, EPDE board member and founder of the Russian election observation network GOLOS was arrested by Belarusian boarder control at the Lithuanian-Belarusian border in the evening of May 12, 2016 and was forced to leave the train directing to Moscow. Lilia Shibanova who is also a member of the Presidential Human […]
Armenia: Civic Observers’ Opinion on the Draft Electoral Law
10 May, 2016 OPINION On the compliance of the provisions of Draft Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia with international standards According to the Amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia adopted on 6 December 2015, new Electoral Code is planned to be adopted by 1 June 2016.[1] […]
Campaign Finance of the Elections in Russia
On the invitation of MEPs Heidi Hautala and Rebecca Harms of the Green faction in the European Parliament, Golos experts presented their first conclusions on the preparations of the parliamentary campaign in Russia. According to the Golos’ expert Stanislav Andreychuk, campaigning of several candidates supported by the ruling United Russia party during the regular regional […]
The Statement of civil society organizations on the procedure for nominating and selecting candidates for membership of the Central Election Commission
The civil society organizations state the delayed publishing, on the official web page of the Parliament, of the list of the candidates for the membership of the Central Electoral Commission(CEC), appointed by the parliamentary majority and the opposition. In this context, the signatory organizations draw attention on the fact that the mandate of the members […]
Pro-governmental United Russia candidates illegally financed by EU-based companies
On the invitation of MEPs Heidi Hautala and Rebecca Harms of the Green faction in the European Parliament, Golos experts presented their first conclusions on the preparations of the parliamentary campaign in Russia. According to the Golos’ expert Stanislav Andreychuk, campaigning of several candidates supported by the ruling United Russia party during the regular […]
Invitation to the Round Table “Russian Duma Election 2016: Insights for Action”
Hosted by MEP Heidi Hautala (Greens/EFA) and MEP Rebecca Harms (Greens/EFA) R.S.V.P. by 5 April: amanda.lovkvist@silc.se Ahead of Russian Duma Election 2016 the organisations Golos, IESC, EPDE and Silc are together launching a new initiative -presenting the results of their long-term election monitoring in Russia on the international level. They aim at presenting as widely […]