Constituency 179 in Kharkiv Region: OPORA Records a Series of Violations - But the Campaign Generally Meets Basic Democratic Standards
A positive factor is the lack of confirmed facts of voter bribery or other forms of material incentives for citizens. However, these interim elections have illustrated yet another time the need to enhance the mechanisms of transparency and accountability of electoral finance. In fact, only 26 out of 40 registered candidates opened the accounts of election funds. It is a key message delivered by representatives of the Civil Network OPORA, Olha Ayvazovska and Oleksandr Kliuzhev, during the pres...