Thanks to OPORA, the Deputy Head of Rivne Oblast State Administration (OSA) Anatolii Yukhymenko revealed a political provocation against him in the internet. The potential candidate for MP of Ukraine informed about this in his blog.Анатолій Юхименко

"Recently I was informed about the existence of some profiles registered under my name on different social networks, what surprised me to a great extent. I bear no relation to this, neither I nor anyone on my behalf registered on these sites. My official personal page is this blog only. Everyone interested is welcome to communication and discussion of urgent issues here. All the other profiles under my name in social networks are fake, and I see them as a political provocation and "unfair" PR of my competitors.

We remind that within a long-term observation during 2012 Parliamentary elections OPORA discovered activities of potential candidates in social networks.  It turned out, that two pages of Anatolii Yukhymenko are registered on Facebook. Moreover, active campaigning is conducted on both of them.

One of them contains advertizing of the Party of Regions and activity of Rivne Oblast State Administration, and official's name is written in Latin letters "Анатолій Юхименко". The other profile is registered under the name in Cyrillic: Anatoliy Yukhimenko. Here Mr. Ukhimenko published a picture with logo of the Party of Regions, some articles concerning adoption of the Law on languages, and news on the activities of the President of Ukraine. The official's page contains a publication with headline "Partners of the Party of Regions in Europa also started talking about sanctions", which stands out against a background of the rest publications.

For comment, please contact:
Anatolii Bondarchuk
Coordinator of electoral programs of the Civil Network OPORA
in Rivne oblast
096 918 74 08
 
Note:
Civic monitoring conducted by OPORA - is a type of network activity, aimed at impartial assessment of the preparation and conduct of elections, as well as preventing violations through comprehensive civic action. Professional monitoring at all stages of the election process indirectly influences the quality of the campaign. The public opinion, both foreign and domestic is formed through gathering and spreading of information among the target audience. From a strategic perspective public monitoring of elections focuses upon improving the system and certain procedures. In 2012, during Parliamentary elections in Ukraine OPORA is carrying out a large-scale campaign of long- and short term observation, organizing a statistical vote-count by the results of voting with the proportional component of the electoral system on a basis of representative selection, will provide 100% coverage of polling stations by observers in separate single-mandate majoritarian districts.