Voter bribery has started in Ukraine
During the current presidential campaign in Ukraine, violations are being committed that could affect the election results.
This is evidenced by the results of monitoring the preparation of the elections, which is being conducted by the NGO "Committee of Voters of Ukraine", reports a correspondent of "PolitNavigator".
In particular, one of the risks for the electoral process is the emergence of a significant number of biased members of election commissions at the initiative of technical candidates.
Another risk is the ability to spend unlimited amounts on a campaign.
Another problem was that the campaign, in fact, began in May-June 2018, and not January 2019, as defined by law. In total, the KIU counted 17 political parties and potential presidential candidates that carried out advertising campaigns ahead of schedule that had signs of election campaigning.
During the period October-December, the KIU recorded 272 information messages on the websites of five parliamentary parties that showed signs of indirect bribery of voters.
In particular, it was about the distribution of goods for voters on behalf of political parties, their local branches or people's deputies. According to the KIU, such activities were mentioned on the websites of the BPP, Batkivshchyna and the Opposition Bloc, the Popular Front and the Radical Party of Oleg Lyashko.
According to the CIU, a common violation during January was the posting of illegal campaigning without imprint.
Some presidential candidates did not open election funds, but carried out campaigning, which is a violation of the current law. Thus, according to the Election Commission, as of January 25, only 5 out of 20 registered candidates had formed election funds.
In addition, an “abnormally large” number of organizations – 139 – received permission to observe the elections. For comparison, only 2014 organizations observed the presidential elections in 10. Of the 139 organizations, 131 stated that they would observe throughout Ukraine. At the same time, the majority of registered organizations do not have observation experience, and some of them (dozens of organizations) were registered only shortly before the elections. Some of these organizations are associated with certain politicians, meaning they are unlikely to provide truly independent and objective monitoring.
As PolitNavigator reported, neo-Nazis received observer status in the Ukrainian presidential elections.
Voter bribery has begun in Ukraine.