Ukraine Adopts Law for More Elections Transparency

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Ukraine Adopts Law for More Elections Transparency PR Newswire KYIV, July 6, 2012 KYIV, July 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The parliament of Ukraine adopted a law providing for open, thtransparent, and democratic

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Ukraine Adopts Law for More Elections

Transparency

PR Newswire

KYIV, July 6, 2012

KYIV

,

July 6, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

The parliament of

Ukraine

adopted a law providing for open,

transparent, and democratic parliamentary elections on

October 28

th

,

2012. The parliament ruled to equip most polling stations with web-

cameras, broadcasting the signal from the stations online.

The installation of the web-cameras at the voting stations enables anyone with

internet access to watch elections in

Ukraine

in real time. According to the

Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, 34,000 voting stations will be equipped

with cameras. Each voting station will be equipped with at least two cameras.

According to the new law, the cameras should be placed in a way that does not

interfere with the secret ballot system and the freedom of voting, while

ensuring the procedures of voting and vote count are abided. "We will have to

provide the whole country with satellite communication in order to run these

web-cameras," said the leader of the Party of Regions Olexandr Yefremov.

Meanwhile, during a meeting with a delegation of the NATO Parliamentary

Assembly Azarov said that

Ukraine

welcomed foreign observers from the CIS,

the EU, the OSCE, etc. at the autumn elections. He invited everyone who

wanted to come, saying that since

Ukraine

hosted two million visitors during

EURO 2012

it was sure ready to receive 34,000 observers. The Vice President

of the OSCE Wolfgang Grossruck already accepted the invitation of the Prime

Minister.

In efforts to hold free and fair elections, the Ukrainian parliament passed a new

election law on

November 17, 2011

. It reintroduced the mixed electoral system

in

Ukraine

. According to the new system, 225 members of the Ukrainian

parliament will be elected through party lists and 225 MPs - through single-

member districts.

The new law also set the election threshold of five percent, banned blocks of

political parties to participate in elections, as well as excluded the previously

available option of not supporting any party or candidate on the list by ticking

the respective box.