Author: Ermin

CIVIL Press: Elections irregularities continue

The electoral register turns to be a serious problem. Phantom voters, non-existing entrances and flats into buildings, moreover, entire buildings, deceased persons, deployed voters, are only part of the problems voters in Macedonia have been confronting, stated Xhabir Deralla from the non-governmental organisation CIVIL during today’s Press Conference.

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Even Easter is used for party agitations

These days, the social networks are engrossed with reactions against Tetovo priests, who have been calling to vote for the ruling political party. Beside the priests, numerous politicians and political parties have been taking advantage of the Easter, the greatest Christian holiday, to gain political points.

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Who is financing the coalition “Get Out and Vote”?

The coalition “Get Out and Vote” which had the largest number of observers on the presidential elections (staggering 5,000 persons) has refused to say publically who their donors are. Apart from the donors, this coalition, which claims to have 94 civic organizations standing behind them, has not even published the names of the NGOs that form part of the coalition.

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VIDEO: Corruption of voters

Civil came into possession of a video footage where a citizen explicitly confirms that he and members of his family received 500 denar (EURO 8.-) to vote for a presidential candidate in the first round of the elections held on April 13, 2014. The identity of the citizens in this video is known to Civil; it is protected for obvious reasons.

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Children misused for political campaigns

Children are being misused in the campaigning of the political parties. Civil’s observers registered several cases of children being misused for political purposes during the campaigns for presidential and early parliamentary elections.

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