The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has appointed on Wednesday special
elections of mayor of Kryvyi Rih on March 27, with 239 deputies voting for the
corresponding bill.
It is
reported that the Central Election Commission (CEC) shall determine, taking
into account the proposals of the relevant regional election commission, the
amount of budget funds required for holding special elections of mayor of
Kryviy Rih city.
In addition,
the CEC should ensure the provision of logistical and administrative support
for holding the elections in a manner prescribed by the law on local elections.
As UNIAN
reported earlier, according to official results of the second round of
elections, the representative of Opposition Bloc and acting mayor, Yuriy
Vilkul, was elected mayor of Kryviy Rih on November 15, with 89,209
of the votes. His opponent, member of Samopomich Party, Yuriy Miloboh, lost
with dramatically close 88,457 of the votes.
According to
Samopomich, criminal proceedings were opened under Part 1 of Article 366 of the
Criminal Code of Ukraine (official forgery) due to violations of the electoral
law during the second round of elections of mayor of Kryviy Rih.
At the same
time, CEC Chairman Mykhailo Okhendovsky stated that the CEC had no reason to
question the legitimacy of actions of the Kryviy Rih city election commission
in determining the results of the elections.
On November
26, the Ukrainian parliament set up a temporary investigation commission to
establish violations during the elections of mayor of Kryviy Rih.
On December
7, the Kryviy Rih city election commission decided to appeal to the
parliament to appoint a new election of the city mayor.
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