Three PEC members will stand trial in Transcarpathia

The Prosecutor’s Office of Transcarpathian region has approved and sent to court indictments against three members of precinct election commissions in the single-member constituency 69 for the election of People’s Deputies of Ukraine.
The defendants are suspected of illegally giving ballot to persons who were not entitled to them with prior conspiracy (Part 2 of Article 158-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
During the investigation, evidence was collected that proves that the suspects issued ballots in the name of persons who, on the day of early elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, were abroad or were not at the polling station.
The indictments were sent to the Mukachevo City and District Court for trial on the merits.
With regard to other persons involved in this crime, pre-trial investigation is being carried out by investigators of the Division for Investigation of Particularly Serious Crimes of the Transcarpathian regional police. The prosecutor’s office of Transcarpathian region is carrying out procedural control.