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February 17 – February 23, 2014

Local elections: authorities ensure candidates’ nomination in all districts

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Local elections: authorities ensure candidates’ nomination in all districts

On February 10th, the nomination of candidates to local councils was completed. In many districts, the authorities faced difficulties in nominating their own candidates to the local councils.

Only 3% of the candidates were nominated through party lists, opposition candidates made up 1.6% of all candidates. So far, the authorities havesuccessfully addressed the local elections’ two mutually exclusive tasks – ensuring local councils consist of pro-governmental candidates and keeping the profile of local elections low by providing minimal media coverage.

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