The use of “dirty” electoral technologies, abuse of
administrative resources, numerous cases of brib-ery of voters, politically motivated convictions of
opposition leaders, as well as exerting pressure on
the opposition media conirm that the government
has not fulfilled its obligations towards the Euro-pean community to ensure fair and democratic
elections.
Almost no election campaign in Ukraine goes by
without the use of ‘dirty’ manipulative technologies.
It is not just about formal violations of the electoral
law, but in general, the low moral level of the election
campaign. During the irst month after the oicial
start of the parliamentary elections of 2012, almost
300 cases of violations of election laws have been
reported.
The use of “dirty” electoral technologies, abuse of administrative resources, numerous cases of brib-ery of voters, politically motivated convictions of opposition leaders, as well as exerting pressure on the opposition media conirm that the government has not fulfilled its obligations towards the Euro-pean community to ensure fair and democratic elections.
Almost no election campaign in Ukraine goes by without the use of ‘dirty’ manipulative technologies. It is not just about formal violations of the electoral law, but in general, the low moral level of the election campaign. During the irst month after the oicial start of the parliamentary elections of 2012, almost 300 cases of violations of election laws have been reported.
