More than 90
activists from 20 countries will monitor the vote in Donbass.
DONETSK/LUGANSK,
November 11. /TASS/. The elections of heads of republics and members of
unicameral parliaments, the People’s Councils, began in Donbass on Sunday.
Some 408 and 316
polling stations opened at 8 a.m. Moscow Time in the self-proclaimed Donetsk
People’s Republic and Lugansk People’s Republic, respectively. They will be
closed at 8 p.m. Moscow Time, and then the vote counting will begin.
Five candidates will
run for the office of the DPR head. They are Acting DPR leader Denis Pushilin,
Former Deputy Education and Science Minister Vladimir Medvedev, renowned lawyer
Elena Shishkina, MP from the Free Donbass faction Roman Khramenkov, and famous
public figure Roman Yevstifeyev, who heads the museum of the Union of Afghan
War Veterans.
Representatives of
two public movements, the Donetsk Republic and Free Donbass, will fight for 100
seats in the People’s Council. Now the Donetsk Republic movement, led by
Pushilin, has the majority of seats in the parliament (63).
Four self-nominated
candidates are running for the LPR head. The main candidate for the post of the
LPR leader is Acting Head Leonid Pasechnik. The other candidates are Chairman
of the Republican Committee of the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers
Oleg Koval, Chair of the Perevalsk branch of the Lugansk Economic Union public
movement Lyudmila Rusnak and Head of the Republican Trade Union of Railroad
Transport Workers Natalya Sergun.
Members of two public
movements - Peace for Lugansk Region and Lugansk Economic Union - will run for
50 seats in the People’s Council. Peace for Lugansk, led by Pasechnik, now has
the majority of seats.
More than 90
activists from 20 countries will monitor the vote in Donbass on Sunday. Local
authorities said that they have created all conditions to ensure a
professional, objective and unbiased monitoring and full security.
Personnel of the
Interior Ministry, the State Security Ministry and the People’s Militias in
Donbass will ensure order during the elections.
Source: ITAR-TASS
11-11-2018
