Mykola Katerynchuk Called this Year Local Elections a Farce

“This year local elections are a frank farce with the authority coalition rules”, – the leader of the European Party of Ukraine, the People’s Deputy of Ukraine Mykola Katerynchuk stated during the Radio Freedom program. – “I regard in general as a discrimination norm abolished by the idea initiators the norm about obligatory registration of a party cell 365 days prior to the election day, and the law itself, even after the changes being adopted today, even with great reserve won’t provide transparency and democratic character of local elections”. 

“Authorities more often go into rhetoric about the European choice. However elections without a choice are far not the European approach to election process maintenance. And during these elections the Party of Regions and its partners in the coalition want to make a choice instead of voters”, – Mykola Katerynchuk stressed.

«I would advise to the Party of Regions and the Yulia Tymoshenko Block having today the majority in local councils to report about their work for the previous period. After all being at power they actually have done nothing besides transferring of municipal property to private property. And now they are trying to create barriers to young parties including us to equal participation in the local elections. As for me it is not clear how the young politician or the young party can realize their constitutional law to be elected and to participate directly in the government with such approach in Ukraine”, – the People’s Deputy underlined.

“I would advise to the authorities in power not to confuse the fundamental right “to elect and be elected” with the right “to elect for someone”. Especially I wouldn’t advise to do it in practice”, – Mykola Katerynchuk added.

The Press-service
the European Party of Ukraine