Officials from Ukraine’s Interior Ministry and the General Prosecutor’s Office issued contradictory statements on Oct. 25 when asked to explain the existence of nearly 13,000 extra election ballots. The ballots were uncovered by an opposition party over the weekend at a printing house in the eastern Ukrainian town of Kharkiv.The development follows a morning announcement that President Viktor Yanukovych had ordered his nation’s law enforcement authorities to investigate allegations by opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, the former prime minister he defeated in the Feb. 7 presidential election.
Regions is safeguarding its
victory in the local elections by printing extra ballots, article from the Kyiv Post. It seems to be following a two prong strategy of ballot stuffing and investigation the opposition to keep it on the defensive.
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