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16 heads oblast state administrations (OSAs) are nominated for members of oblast councils (Vinnytsia, Zakarpattia, Zaporizhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytsk, Cherkasy, Chernivtsi, Chernihiv, Volyn, Lviv, and Kyiv oblasts). All heads of oblast state administrations were nominated to oblast councils by local cells of Petro Poroshenko Bloc 'Solidarity".
In regions where elections to oblast councils are held (except for Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts), 37 first deputy heads and deputy heads of oblast state administrations are nominated to oblast councils.
At this level, 31 officials of 37 are nominated by local cells of Petro Poroshenko Bloc 'Solidarity'. A record-breaking number of OSA deputy heads are participating in elections in Kharkiv oblast. Local cell of Petro Poroshenko Bloc has nominated 6 deputy heads of oblast state administrations for members of Kharkiv Oblast Council.
114 heads of raion state administrations (24% of the total number) are candidates for members of oblast councils in all regions.[1]. (462 raion state administrations (RSAs) in raions, and 10 RSAs in Kyiv city, except for the AR of Crimea and Sevastopol).
110 of 114 heads of raion state administrations were nominated to oblast councils by local cells of Petro Poroshenko Bloc 'Solidarity".
Thus, 40 first deputy heads and deputy heads of raion state administrations are nominated to oblast councils. 18 of 40 officials were nominated by local cells of Petro Poroshenko Bloc 'Solidarity', 7 by the AUU Batkivshchyna, 5 by AUU Svoboda, plus nominees from other parties.
Taking into consideration negative experience in 2010 local elections and 2012 parliamentary elections, state authorities and local self-government bodies should demonstrate a new approach to guaranteeing their political impartiality and objectivity.
All these officials of local executive bodies should draw an explicit line between their duties and campaign efforts. It's highly important that candidates who hold offices do not combine these activities, because campaigning on duty is, de-facto, the use of state resources and budget funds for political benefit.
OPORA calls on these participants of the race to take a leave for the campaigning period. Although the Law of Ukraine on Local Elections doesn't require candidates in office to take a leave, they should take the initiative to prevent misuse of administrative resources and increase public trust to the election process. Besides that, taking into consideration the statements made by the President of Ukraine and the Government concerning guarantees for legitimacy of election process, must promptly respond to potential misuses by candidates who hold offices.
[1] (462 raion state administrations (RSAs) in raions, and 10 RSAs in Kyiv city)