Central Election Commission to form territorial election commissions during election campaign, starting from September 11, says Mahera

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The election campaign of the forthcoming local elections, which will take place on October 31, begins on September 11, and the Central Election Commission will officially announce this at a meeting on September 3, Deputy Head of the Central Election Commission Andriy Mahera has said.

Asked about main problems that might appear during organization of the elections, he answered that this would mainly concern the staff of election commissions.

"First of all, this refers to the staff of the election commissions. Let's hope that the political parties will put forward competent candidates to work in territorial election commissions," he said.

Mahera also expressed hope that the Central Election Commission would not face financial problems.

"Speaking about other problems, you already know that numerous times I've talked about the law on local elections, which has been approved, is raw and not ready," he said.

Mahera also said that according to the law, the Central Election Commission would have to form regional, district and city territorial election commissions. According to him, a total number of these commissions will be about 700.

He also expressed hope that the commission would be able to complete this task in time.

"We haven't much time, and in fact, I'd say this task is rather complicated and problematic. But, in general, I suppose we just have to cope with it," he said.