Диана Козаева

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.

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.

The Central Election Committee of South Ossetia did not invite CIS-EMO for observing the elections. As the Chairman of the Central Election Committee of the RSO Bella Plieva has informed the news agency "RES", they did not arrive on invitation of the Central Election Committee. According to Plieva, this organization is in the territory of South Ossetia; however it has not received the invitation of the Central Election Committee.

A seminar for employees of the Central Election Committee of South Ossetia was being held in Vladikavkaz, from 25 to 27 October. As reported by the RSO CEC Chairman Bella Plieva to IA "Res", before the elections in South Ossetia CEC along with members of the territorial commissions, district election commissions are conducting seminars by arrangement with the CEC of North Ossetia-Alania.

The budget of the Russian Federation has already provided financial resources to implement the investment program for promoting socio-economic development of South Ossetia in 2012-2013. It has been declared during the working meeting of the government of South Ossetia, being held in Tskhinval by the Deputy Minister for Regional Development Sergei Vereshchagin.
He has noted that since this year, which is already coming to the end, it is necessary to make plans for the next period.

For today the passport and visa service of the RSO Interior Ministry has issued 2927 passports of the latest pattern. According to the information of the Minister for Internal Affairs of the RSO Valery Valiev at the parliament session, at present, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of South Ossetia has received five thousand passports of the latest pattern, and since May, 20 more than half of them have already been issued.

The youth government of South Ossetia is intending to carry on a protest action against awarding the President of Georgia Michail Saakashvili the state award of France – the Legion of Honour. It was declared by the Chairman of the youth government Michael Bestaev at the meeting with the President of the RSO on October, 17.

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.

The statement of the Georgian businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili has reaffirmed rightness of our statements, including the ones within the frames of the Geneva discussions, that while Saakashvili and his criminal gang remains in power of Georgia, one should not expect any results on drafting the document on non-use of force against South Ossetia and Abkhazia.