The Ukrainian government wants the maximum number of international observers to come to the upcoming parliamentary elections, which will mean they are held more transparently and democratically, the head of the central election headquarters of the Regions Party at parliamentary elections, Andriy Kliuyev, has told journalists.
He said that Ukraine was ready to receive any number of observers from other countries and international organizations.
“We would be very happy if their number exceeds the number of foreign representatives that monitored Ukraine’s presidential elections in 2010. The Regions Party welcomes all observers, because it wants a democratic and transparent electoral process more than any other political party in Ukraine,” Kliuyev said.
He praised the future participation of 15 representatives of the European Parliament in monitoring the elections in Ukraine.
“I want to note that MEPs will be among the many thousands of observers who will come to our country to have a clear view of the course of the elections. I’m sure that parliamentary elections will be held democratically and openly,” Kliuyev said.
He said that owing to the new wording of the electoral law, the role of observers from Ukrainian public organizations would be increased during the current election campaign, as they were given the status of subjects of the election campaign, which greatly expands their rights. Kliuyev said that this was an additional guarantee to increasing the competition and transparency of the electoral process.
He said that the system of online video surveillance over the voting process should increase the overall transparency of the electoral process. If there are minimum suspicions about the fairness of voting at a particular polling station, the video record could serve as a powerful additional material for further proceedings, Kliuyev said.
“Video materials will help us understand what was really happening at a particular polling station. On the one hand, this system should make it more difficult to violate electoral law. On the other hand, it will give no chance to the losers to discredit voting results,” Kliuyev said.
Last week, the Central Election Commission registered the domain name of the Web site vybory2012.ua to broadcast video from polling stations during voting at the election of people’s deputies of Ukraine on October 28.
