A disappointing local election

Unfortunately it appears that the 40 local elections (4 cities, 14 towns and 22 rural villages) that occurred on 29th April 2018 have witnessed a return to the worst of electioneering practices by the Ukrainian political class when it comes to (among other things) voter bribery – at least when viewing events (and predicted results) via the fairly respected NGO “CVU” (Committee of Voters in Ukraine) who claim these have been the dirtiest elections held in Ukraine since 2015.

Naturally President Poroshenko’s party, Solidarity, are claiming “victory” having seen more than half of the heads/chairs of these local elections going their way.  Undoubtedly control over “administrative resources” will surely matter in 2019 when it comes to presidential and parliamentary elections.

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