The Central Election Committee of South Ossetia has registered the initiative group for nominating the Chairman of the RSO Chamber of Commerce Roin Kozaev as the presidential candidate. As reported to IA "Res" by representative of the CEC of South Ossetia "the action team will be issued a certificate of registration and will be eligible collecting the signatures in support of their candidate".
The CEC has earlier registered the initiative groups nominating Deputy Defense Minister Igor Alborov, former Chairman of the State Committee of Information, Communication and Mass Media of South Ossetia Georgy Kabisov, Vice-Speaker of the Parliament of South Ossetia Yuri Dzitstsoity as the presidential candidates. The presidential re-election of South Ossetia will be held on March 25, 2012.
It should be reminded, that the presidential election held on November 27, 2011, won by the opposition candidate Alla Dzhioeva, was declared invalid by the Supreme Court of South Ossetia; as a result the mass protests were held in Tskhinval by the opposition. December 10, 2011 the current president Eduard Kokoity resigned his post and Alla Dzhioeva urged her supporters to end the protest action.
