Is the election possible on October 26 and why the CEC updates the data – explanation of the chairman of the commission

The chairman of the Central Election Commission Oleg Didenko noted that “theoretically elections in Ukraine are possible this year”, but this requires the end of the war and abolition of martial law.

Source: Didenko in an interview with Radio Liberty

Direct language: “Is the election in Ukraine theoretically possible on October 26? Theoretically possible. But what is required for this? It is necessary for this to come peace in Ukraine to end the martial law in Ukraine, and that there is enough time to change the legislation and proper training in Ukraine afterwards election process. ”

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Details: In current conditions, such a scenario is unlikely, Didenko considers:

“If we talk about whether we have specific actions aimed at preparing for elections on October 26 this year, then unambiguously. Martial law.

Didenko expressed the opinion that the discussions about elections in Ukraine would now be profitable to destabilize the situation and undermine the legitimacy of power.

Didenko commented on the previous statements of the fifth President Petro Poroshenko that the printing plant “Ukraine” was tasked with calculating the cost of printing ballots for the polls. The CEC Chairman claims that this is not a preparation for the election:

“The CEC is addressed regularly with the CEC Polygraphic Combine, because there is a normal budget planning process. For example, in 2022 we prepared a budget request for 2023, and in order to calculate at least the approximate approximate cost of elections, it is necessary in However, to understand the cost of ballots.

The chairman of the commission added that the CEC operates working groups to prepare for the post -war elections. They look at different ways of simplifying voting in these elections, including “changing the form of ballot”. Appeals could be related to clarifying the cost of such changes.

In addition, Didenko says, there were appeals as to whether the printing plant “Ukraine” could produce ballots using Braille to make them more accessible to people with visual impairments.

He also explained the restoration of the work of the State Voter Register, which was closed after the start of a full -scale invasion.

Didenko noted that the work of the Register was stopped that the information about voters and employees of the CEC “did not fall into the hands of the enemy, first of all, through the departments of the register, which were in those territories that were occupied very quickly.” This was also done for cybersecurity reasons.

“When the Central Election Commission made a decision to restore the register in the part of the data renewal, the work on entering this information in the register took place. It lasted for some time, more than half a year, it ended. After that, the decision to update targeted information was made. , street names, houses.

He added that the voter register is used not only for elections but also in the intempting period, so it “should always be relevant.”

“Therefore, to say that the Central Election Commission is working on the relevance of the voter register, and this means that the elections will be, it is wrong,” – summed up the head of the CEC.

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Prehistory:

• The US Presidential Special Supporter on the Russo-Ukrainian War, Kit Kelloggi said that Ukraine should be ready to hold elections during the war because the ability to make it is “a sign of healthy democracy.”
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that elections in Ukraine are very important, but they can only take place after the hot phase of war and abolition of martial law.
• The fifth President of Ukraine, the People’s Deputy and the leader of “European Solidarity” Petro Poroshenko in an interview with “Ukrainian Truth” stated that preparation for the elections began in Ukraine, which is indicated by a number of specific facts.
• The head of the “Servant of the People” faction David Arahamia denied that the authorities were preparing elections in Ukraine.
• US President Donald Trump called the Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky a “dictator”, accusing the refusal to hold elections in the country.