Выборы президента РЮО - 2011

The CEC of South Ossetia is ready for the November 13 presidential elections and a referendum on formalizing the state status of the Russian language. It has been declared at the press conference in Tskhinval, by the CEC chairman Bella Plieva. "All the polling station commissions are ready to start voting on Sunday, November 13 at 8 a.m. till 20:00 p.m. The number of voters and the registered candidates is determined. There are also cases of withdrawals among the registered presidential candidates. The CEC has done everything possible to hold elections with dignity and transparently", - Plieva emphasized. She has mentioned the decision to put stamps on the passports in order to prevent some citizens could vote twice. "This is the CEC decision. But we appealed to the government and the presidential administration that the Visa Service should also be informed, as well as the relevant services at the checkpoint in the Lower Zaramag. Our decision has been approved "- the CEC head has said.

Presidential candidates of South Ossetia Eduard Gabaraev and Alan Kochiev have withdrawn their candidacy from the presidential elections. It has been declared by the candidates during the debates on the TV channel "IR. "Eduard Gabaraev has removed his candidacy in favor of Georgy Kabisov.

During the evening debates on TV channel "IR" the presidential candidates of South Ossetia Inal Bazzaev and Igor Alborov have declared about their decision to renounce participation in contest for the presidency in favor of the candidates Georgy Kabisov and Alan Kotaev respectively. According to Bazzaev Inal, his ideas and plans completely coincide with the ideas and plans of the presidential candidate Georgy Kabisov; so "in connection with this fact I am going to withdraw my candidacy and I am addressing to my voters to support the candidacy of Georgy Kabisov." "Other presidential candidates, whom I also respect have addressed to me, but I have decided to vote for Georgy Kabisov, because he is a man of word who does not give empty promises," – Bazzaev has underlined.

During the evening local TV debates the presidential candidate of South Ossetia Merab Chigoev has addressed to the voters with the statement that he removed his candidacy in the forthcoming presidential elections in favour of the party «Unity» candidate for the Presidency Anatoly Bibilov. «There is a candidate among us who is enjoying the confidence of the Russian Federation. I`ve made a decision to withdraw my candidacy and support Anatoly Iljich Bibilov, a person who enjoys unconditional support of Russia and its leadership. I am addressing to my voters to support my decision and together with me and vote for Bibilov Anatoly Iljich», - Chigoev has declared. It is also said in the document: «In the conditions of restoration of our destroyed country, in the conditions of dissociation of our society, it is very important to make a correct choice.

The inside back of the passport cover of each citizen of South Ossetia, taken part in the presidential elections of South Ossetia on November 13, will be marked with the special stamp. It has been reported IA "Res" by the Central Election Committee Chairman Bella Plieva. According to her, a round seal of 1.5 cm diameter will be imprinted on the passport of each voted to have no opportunity to vote for the second time. "The stamp is already made and distributed to all polling stations. Everyone voted must get this mark in the passport and it does not in any way interfere with the passport in future.

To order of the Central Election Committee a required number of ballots for presidential elections of South Ossetia have been printed in South Ossetia. It has been reported to IA "Res" by the Chairman of the CEC of South Ossetia Bella Plieva. "34 000 ballots have been printed for the population of South Ossetia. This number includes 3%, which we can print. Additional 1000 ballots are printed for Moscow, 700 - for Sukhum, as well as for two polls in the Upper Ruck for the citizens of South Ossetia, living in North Ossetia", - Plieva has said. She recalled that, according to the parliamentary elections in 2009, about 16 thousand citizens of South Ossetia are living in North Ossetia. And when calculating the number of ballots, CEC has come from this figure."We will not have any difficulties. All the remained ballot papers will be destroyed. They should be canceled, in accordance with the current legislation,"- Plieva has underlined.

On the eve of presidential elections in South Ossetia, a forum of supporters of the presidential candidate of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov "Ossetian breakthrough: unity, order and development", has been held in Tskhinval organized under the aegis of the Republican Political Party "Unity". Prominent politicians and public figures of South Ossetia and Russia gathered at the central square to support the candidacy of Anatoly Bibilov, as well as his supporters. The President of the RSO Eduard Kokoity, the Chairman of the Committee on the Duma International Affairs, a member of the faction "United Russia" Konstantin Kosachev, the head of North Ossetia - Alania Taymuraz Mamsurov, Deputy Chairman of the North Ossetian Parliament, Stanislav Kesaev, the Chairman of the Communist Party of South Ossetia Stanislav Kochiev, a poet-academician Nafi Dzhussoyty, Ambassador Extraordinary and Ambassador to the Republic of South Ossetia in the Russian Federation Dmitry Medoev, representatives of the State Duma, Federation Council, the Emergency Situations Ministry and others have appeared on the stage.

Today the Central Election Committee of South Ossetia has registered the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the RSO Alan Pliev, Eduard Gabaraev (artillery commander of the Ministry of Defence of the RSO), Igor Alborov (the Deputy Minister of Defence of the RSO) and Inal Bazzaev (the deputy of the Parliament of the RSO) as the presidential candidates.

On November, 13, in day of voting for presidential elections and also the referendum about the Russian language status in South Ossetia, 84 electoral districts will be opened in the Republic.

Today the Central Election Committee of the RSO has registered the ex-Minister for Education of the RSO Alla Dzhioeva and the head of the computer diagnostics branch of the Republican hospital Dzhemal Dzhigkaev as the presidential candidates.