In the ED #112 in the city of Rubizhne in Luhansk oblast, unidentified individuals posted fly-sheets saying: in case pensioners participate in the voting they will be deprived of LPR pensions
OPORA civic observers managed to find witnesses, who saw the unidentified persons posting such materials. They told that young people 18-24 years old have posted fly-sheets in the city of Rubizhne and refused to tell who they were and why they were doing that.
It is noteworthy that that was not the first voter-addressed threat from the LPR. On 25 October 2014 the Head of the Supreme Council of the LPR Oleksandr Koriakin in his address to the inhabitants of Luhansk oblast called for ignoring the parliamentary election in Ukraine and threatened those who would work as election commission members with execution by shooting.
For more details:
Oleksii Kormiletskyi, coordinator, civic monitoring of the parliamentary election in Ukraine 2014 in Luhansk oblast.
Phone: +380502752808
Reference:
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 electoral violations through comprehensive civic action. Starting from September 2014, Civil Network OPORA conducts a large-scale observation of special parliamentary elections in Ukraine. The organization will attract 213 long-term observers in every region of Ukraine to monitor the campaign from its official start to announcement of the final election results. On the Election Day on May 26, more than 2,000 activists will join them to conduct statistically-based parallel vote tabulation.
OPORA will systematically inform the public about the course of election campaign, and whether electoral subjects adhere to the electoral legislation, officials participate in the race, and all the interested parties follow international standards. Large-scale civic observation is aimed to prevent violations during the election campaign and abuses during the vote count process. OPORA will also conduct information and awareness campaign, and secure legal support for citizens aimed to protect their electoral rights through the hotline at (044)221-44-06; (094)821-44-06.