Kyiv, March 12, 2019 - During the press conference held at News Agency UNIAN, the European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO) presented its first interim report for the period February 08 – March 08, 2019. 

Head of the ENEMO Mission, Mr. Zlatko Vujovic presented key conclusion of ENEMO First Interim report “Overall, the framework and essential conditions for holding democratic elections and political campaigns are present in Ukraine for the 2019 presidential election. However, cases of violations to the rules of campaigning, allegations of abuse of administrative resources and vote buying, continuous changes in the membership of district election administration and concentrated media ownership, polarized media coverage negatively affect what is otherwise a highly competitive political environment”. 

This is the eleventh observation mission of ENEMO in Ukraine. We launched activities in January and the observation mission will stay in Ukraine for two months after the elections. ENEMO has accredited 9 Core Team members, 48 Long-Term Observers (LTOs) and 158 Short-Term Observers (STOs) for the first round of upcoming presidential elections.

On the press conference on behalf of ENEMO were present Mr. Zlatko Vujovic, Head of the Mission, Ms. Teodora Pop Trajkov, Deputy Head of the Mission, Mr. Pierre Peytier, Election Expert and Ms. Maja Milikic, Press and Logistics Officer, Nino Rizhamadze, Legal Exper and Ana Nenezic, Media Expert. 

ENEMO’s International Observation Mission for Ukrainian Presidential Elections 2019 is financially supported by the United States Agency for International Development through the National Democratic Institute, the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Union.  

PRESS RELEASE - First Interim Report Mar 12.pdf

PRESS RELEASE - First Interim Report Mar 12 UKR.pdf

First Interim Report Feb 8 - Mar 8 _ ENEMO IEOM Presidential Election Ukraine 2019.pdf