A Statement by Human Rights Council of Russia on Elections of December, 4, 2011
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A Statement by Human Rights Council of Russia on Elections
of December, 4, 2011
Human Rights Council believes that currently the state of electoral institutions of Russia does not conform to international obligations undertaken by our country while the national legislation is being violated.
Multiple facts of brutal violations during the pre-election campaign (more than 5000 are registered at Violations map), a number of reports in the media and on the Internet about forced voting and direct forgery – re-written reports and submissions at electoral wards. All of these indicate that the number of votes for “United Russia”[Edinaya Rossiya] is significantly exaggerated while the voices of real voters have been stolen.
Mathematical analysis of the voting results indicates that the scale of forgery is large and distorted the results of the elections significantly.
The election committees of all the levels, from Central Election Commission (CEC RF) to district election committees, have discredited themselves and should therefore be dismissed. The forming principles of the election commissions should be changed.
Large-scale violations during the Russian elections of December, 4, 2011, discredited the state and can therefore lead to a major crisis. The ongoing events are highly dangerous. There is only one way to prevent civic standoff that is to eliminate the circumstances under which the forgery became possible.
We are calling upon the Council of the President of the RF on civic society development and human rights to support all the demands laid out in the resolution of the meeting that took place at Bolotnaya square on December, 10, 2011.
We are calling upon the Council of the President of the RF on civic society development and human rights to support the following demands as well:
- To form new election committees of all levels, by including the representatives of the presidential candidates in the commissions, and do not allow for the representatives of the executive power to membership;
- To restore the right for civic observation, i.e., to restore the institute of observers from civic organizations;
- To create a special Commission of Civic Trust for investigation of violations during the Presidential elections in State Duma. The representatives of all the parties that took part in the elections could become members as well as the representatives of the Council of the President on human rights, independent experts.
All the information on the violations should be consolidated so that the commission could start functioning.
We call upon the parties who won parliamentary seats (KPRF, Spravedlivaya Rossiya, LDPR) to immediately publish all the facts of forgery and legislation abuse during the voting process and poll that they have at their disposal, on the Internet sources that are accessible by all the Russian citizens. We call upon these parties to cooperate with the Commission for Civic Trust upon its creation.
We believe that it is necessary to consolidate the efforts of all of those who aim for fair elections, and to create a coordinated control system to ensure that the election legislation is respected during the presidential and municipal elections on March, 4, 2012.
Ludmila Alekseeva, the Chairwoman of Moscow Helsinki Group
Valeriy Borschev, a member of Moscow Helsinki Group
Yuriy Vdovin, human rights organization ‘Civic Control’
Oleg Orlov, the Chairman of the Board of the Human Rights Center ‘Memorial’
Lev Ponomarev, All-Russia Movement ‘For Human Rights’
Liliya Shibanova, ‘Voters rights Association ‘Voice’
Yuriy Shmidt, lawyer, Human Rights Council of St. Petersburg
Svetlana Gannushkina, the Chairwoman of ‘Civic Assistance’ Committee, a member of the Board of the International Society ‘Memorial’
December, 28, 2011
Human Rights Council believes that currently the state of electoral institutions of Russia does not conform to international obligations undertaken by our country while the national legislation is being violated.
Multiple facts of brutal violations during the pre-election campaign (more than 5000 are registered at Violations map), a number of reports in the media and on the Internet about forced voting and direct forgery – re-written reports and submissions at electoral wards. All of these indicate that the number of votes for “United Russia”[Edinaya Rossiya] is significantly exaggerated while the voices of real voters have been stolen.
Mathematical analysis of the voting results indicates that the scale of forgery is large and distorted the results of the elections significantly.
The election committees of all the levels, from Central Election Commission (CEC RF) to district election committees, have discredited themselves and should therefore be dismissed. The forming principles of the election commissions should be changed.
Large-scale violations during the Russian elections of December, 4, 2011, discredited the state and can therefore lead to a major crisis. The ongoing events are highly dangerous. There is only one way to prevent civic standoff that is to eliminate the circumstances under which the forgery became possible.
We are calling upon the Council of the President of the RF on civic society development and human rights to support all the demands laid out in the resolution of the meeting that took place at Bolotnaya square on December, 10, 2011.
We are calling upon the Council of the President of the RF on civic society development and human rights to support the following demands as well:
- To form new election committees of all levels, by including the representatives of the presidential candidates in the commissions, and do not allow for the representatives of the executive power to membership;
- To restore the right for civic observation, i.e., to restore the institute of observers from civic organizations;
- To create a special Commission of Civic Trust for investigation of violations during the Presidential elections in State Duma. The representatives of all the parties that took part in the elections could become members as well as the representatives of the Council of the President on human rights, independent experts.
All the information on the violations should be consolidated so that the commission could start functioning.
We call upon the parties who won parliamentary seats (KPRF, Spravedlivaya Rossiya, LDPR) to immediately publish all the facts of forgery and legislation abuse during the voting process and poll that they have at their disposal, on the Internet sources that are accessible by all the Russian citizens. We call upon these parties to cooperate with the Commission for Civic Trust upon its creation.
We believe that it is necessary to consolidate the efforts of all of those who aim for fair elections, and to create a coordinated control system to ensure that the election legislation is respected during the presidential and municipal elections on March, 4, 2012.
Ludmila Alekseeva, the Chairwoman of Moscow Helsinki Group
Valeriy Borschev, a member of Moscow Helsinki Group
Yuriy Vdovin, human rights organization ‘Civic Control’
Oleg Orlov, the Chairman of the Board of the Human Rights Center ‘Memorial’
Lev Ponomarev, All-Russia Movement ‘For Human Rights’
Liliya Shibanova, ‘Voters rights Association ‘Voice’
Yuriy Shmidt, lawyer, Human Rights Council of St. Petersburg
Svetlana Gannushkina, the Chairwoman of ‘Civic Assistance’ Committee, a member of the Board of the International Society ‘Memorial’
December, 28, 2011
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