Elections in the LPR are not Ukrainian meager interest rates
Natalia Maksimets, deputy of the Lugansk City Council, journalist
I experienced at least a dozen elections in my life. Saw all. But even my grandmother, who this year celebrated the 2 jubilee, by the way, doesn’t remember such a rush as 80 in November at the election of the head of government and deputies of the People’s Council of the LPR.
Frankly speaking, today's unprecedented explosion of activity can hardly be compared even with the unique unprecedented outburst of voters, demonstrated by 11 on May on the day of the referendum on the independence of the LC.
In line, people lined up long before the opening of polling stations. I can assume that in 20.00 the plots are unlikely to close because the crowds at the plots are still huge. They are long, stretched for tens of meters.
Take a look: I took these pictures from the window of my entrance. This is a piece of the queue at the polling station in school No. 6, in the Molodezhny quarter of Lugansk. From the beginning of the queue visible in the picture to the school there are about a hundred meters, from the end of the queue visible in the picture to the kindergarten (end of the queue) - about the same. The photo was taken at 11.00.
We were going to vote early in the morning because my husband had to go to work. I went to the school, assessed the situation, called: “Darling, you’ll have to wait at least an hour here. Let's reschedule the hike for the afternoon."
At 17.00 the queue became noticeably shorter - its tail was barely visible when looking from the window of our entrance. And we decided to wait some more.
As reported by friends, acquaintances and relatives, in the city and other settlements - the same picture. That is, it is a common phenomenon, and not rare pockets of bad organization.
Spiteful fingers erased the keyboard, convincing, first and foremost, probably themselves, that such a turnout was the result of a clever PR move: they say, the Republic’s leadership promised to distribute social cards to those who had come to the polls, guaranteeing a number of benefits in health care prices, use of public transport. However, throughout the day, the local television station reported in news blocks that everyone would receive social cards, regardless of their personal presence in the voting booth.
I’m sure the people who came to the polling stations – thousands, tens of thousands of people! – was driven by a stronger motivation: tired of the war, devastation, and everyday disorder; Everyone was united by one desire - peace, peace and once again peace!
I can only assume in what horror and perplexity the Ukrainian government is in, monitoring the situation in Donbas in social networks. After all, hundreds of pictures and videos are uploaded to the network, proving that the will of citizens of the LC and the DPR is held solely on voluntary terms, that there are no escorts with automatic guns and field kitchens with food.
And the Ukrainian media can even burst from the strain, inventing plots and texts that we have here or nothing happens, or everything that happens is an excellent production with Russian directing.
The expression of will in the Republics is not for them the Ukrainian interest of a week ago.
English version :: Read in English Elections in the LPR are not the same as the thin percentages of Ukraine