The border with Georgia will be sealed at the time of the elections in South Ossetia. As reported to IA "Res" by the law enforcement bodies, all the security forces in South Ossetia were transferred to the enhanced schedule of service until further notice.
The Day before the presidential election in South Ossetia is declared the "day of silence." As reported to IA "Res" by the press service of the Central Election Committee, any campaigning, election advertising in the media and on television is prohibited in "Day of Silence".
On the eve of the second round of presidential elections, security forces of South Ossetia have been transferred to intensified service. As reported to IA "Res" by the Interior Minister of South Ossetia Valery Valiev, from April 6 until further notice the personnel of the agency will be involved in the activities to ensure the public order and security at the polling stations.
South Ossetia is ready for a second round of presidential elections in the Republic. As reported to IA "Res" by the Chairman of the Central Election Committee of South Ossetia Bella Plieva, 40 000 ballots have already been printed and sent to the territorial and divisional election committees.
According to her, the lists of voters have included 39,790 people.
"As in all previous rounds the passports of the voted electorate will be sealed again. The form of the stamp has been changed again, it will be right-angled,"- said Plieva. CEC has also noted that all polling stations are ready for the election. "The number of polling stations has not changed; they are still 84, including the two polls in the village of Upper Ruck in Dzausky district for the citizens of South Ossetia, living in the territory of North Ossetia. One poll will be functioning in Moscow, in the Embassy of South Ossetia in the Russian Federation"-clarified Plieva.
The second round of presidential re-election in South Ossetia is scheduled for April 8, 2012. This decision of the CEC has been published today in the media of the Republic.
According to the CEC final protocol, Leonid Tibilov, who has collected 42.48% of the vote (11,453 people) and David Sanakoev, who has collected 24.58% of voters (6627 people) will contest in the South Ossetian presidential run-off. Dmitry Medoev who has collected 23.79% (6415 votes) and Stanislav Kochiev - 5.26% (1417 votes) have dropped out of the presidential race. 216 electors voted against all candidates.
The results of re-election of President of South Ossetia, held March 25, 2012, were totally predictable and expected. It has been stressed by Director General of Centre for Monitoring Democratic Processes «Quorum» Alexei Kochetkov in an interview with IA "Res".
None of the candidates for president of South Ossetia has collected the required number of votes to win the first round. As reported by the CEC Chairman Bella Plieva at a briefing of the CEC Information Centre, according to preliminary data of the second round Leonid Tibilov, who has collected 42.48% of the vote (11,453 people) and David Sanakoev, who has collected 24.58% of voters (6627 people) will contest in the South Ossetian presidential run-off.
Dmitry Medoev who has collected 23.79% (6415 votes) and Stanislav Kochiev - 5.26% (1417 votes) have dropped out of the presidential race. 0.80% (216 electors) voted against all candidates.
South Ossetian Interior Ministry denied the information, as if a large number of passports of citizens of South Ossetia had been issued on the eve of presidential elections in the Republic. As reported to IA "Res" by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic, since May 20, 2011 the Interior Ministry issued 6825 new passports to the citizens of South Ossetia.
Polling stations in the presidential elections of South Ossetia have been closed; the voting in the Republic came to an end.
As reported to IA "Res" by the CEC Chairman Bella Plieva, the election was declared successful, over 65% of the registered citizens took part in the voting. Later the CEC will present the more accurate data on the turnout of voters.
All the electoral processes of the presidential election in South Ossetia comply with the current legislation of South Ossetia and are being held without any violations. This has been declared the Russian official of the Coordinating Council of NGOs for protection of citizens' voting rights, Igor Bogdanov at a briefing of the CEC Information Center. According to him, he was present at the opening of the four polling stations. "We are seeing a complete ensuring of the electoral rights of citizens of South Ossetia.