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Thursday, February 22, 2018
The Central Electoral Commission conundrum
The shambolic renovation of the Central Electoral Commission, which has been in progress for several years now, looks about to be finally concluded. On Feb. 5, the President submitted a list of candidates to the Verkhovna Rada and this suggests that the process is finally being unblocked.
Ukrainians can now hope that by the end of the month the illegitimate CEC will become legitimate.
Still, it’s too soon to celebrate. A similar event took place in June 2016, yet the process of restoring the CEC then ended in nothing. At that time, the president was blamed for supposedly insisting on preserving the Okhendovskiy commission for reasons of loyalty, in order to take advantage of it during next year’s presidential vote. There was probably some truth to this. But the real reason for the blockage lay elsewhere.
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