On 23 October, the candidate for People's Deputy of the UDAR Party in district 137 of Odesa Oblast Yurii Kiritsa, at the station No.51008 in the town of Balta, in the building of school No.1 (296 Kotovskyi St), discovered 20 medical certificates issued to residents of Balta Central Raion Polyclinic with “future” dates (25, 26, and 27 October) and different diagnoses.
“With these certificates, voting at the parliamentary election should be carried out at home,” informs the Press Office of Oblast Campaign Headquarters of the UDAR Party.
Yurii Kiritsia is sure — the documents found show that fraud with remote boxes is planned at this station. At his insistence, Investigative and Operations Group was called to the school, and detected and registered this violation with the bodies of internal affairs. The protocol of withdrawal of bogus medical certificates was forwarded to the district commission.
The candidate emphasises, “If 20 certificates appeared at one station, 200 can appear at another one, and all the 2,000 — at another one, which in turn can distort the election outcome...”
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