DISINFO: Ukrainian elections have to be recognised as illegitimate
SUMMARY
The Presidential elections in Ukraine have to be recognised as illegitimate. There has never been such dirty, brutal use of illegal funding during an election campaign in Ukraine as at this time.
RESPONSE
Recurring and unfounded pro-Kremlin disinformation about the Ukraine elections. The OSCE PA Election Observation Mission in Ukraine has declared that the first round of the presidential elections in Ukraine was competitive, and citizens had the opportunity to freely express their will. “We can admit that there were definitely competitive elections and the opportunity to vote for the candidate the citizens wanted to elect was provided”, the OSCE Special Coordinator, OSCE PA Honorary President Ilkka Kanerva said. Following the first round of the presidential elections in Ukraine, the same position was announced by the Head of the EP election observation delegation Dariusz Rosati. According to him, these elections were definitely competitive, since no candidate could be clearly identified as the likely winner. The Canadian Election Observation Mission in Ukraine also considers the elections as fair. A press release of the Canadian Mission says that Ukraine’s highly competitive presidential election meets international standards.