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75 reports of violated rights on election day submitted to the Ministry of Internal Affairs

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From the beginning of the election campaign until today at 12:00 noon, the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs received 796 reports of violations of the electoral legislation and the political rights of citizens. Most of them - 625 - concern the buying of votes in favor of political parties or coalitions, and the rest are about illegal campaigning, destruction of property, corporate vote.

Seventy-five reports were received on election day.

As for the counteraction of crimes against the political rights of citizens, 123 pre-trial proceedings have been instituted, of which 111 are precisely for violated political rights.

A total of 71 people have been detained within the framework of the 227 specialized police operations carried out so far on the territory of the country.



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