A journalist was forced to leave the station which was attacked in the morning, and observers of the opposition are not allowed in there.
On 29 October 2012, at 10.40am, the journalist of the newspaper Ukrayina Moloda (Young Ukraine) and freelance correspondent of the newspaper TOCHKA OPORA Oleh Yatsenko was forced to leave the premises of the commission No.440898 (district 108), and despite the fact that, for already an hour, Volodymyr Omelianenko — observer of Fatherland — has been knocking on windows and doors (showing his identification of an official observer of the party), the commission members are ignoring him, and don't let him in. When the journalist of TOCHKA OPORA asked the Head of the commission why he wasn't letting the observer of the All-Ukrainian Union Fatherland in, the Head of the commission replied, “I don't need him.” The remark of the journalist that not allowing an observer in is a gross violation of the law is being ignored. The commission members haven't provided the decision on forcing the journalist to leave the commission premises. Observers of the opposition haven't been allowed in.
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. OPORA observers will work in all 225 electoral districts, and 3,500 activists will join them on the voting day. Organization will use the latest means of spreading information on observation results, including infographics and interactive maps.