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In Dnipropetrovsk, Pravdy Avenue was blocked in protest against election fraud
31 October from 12 to 13 hours, hundreds of people continuously walked across the crosswalk on Pravdy Avenue, thereby blocking traffic. Some of them wore capes bearing the symbols of the party "Obʼiednannia Samopomich" and carried posters.
Vyacheslav Myshalov, a candidate for the Dnipropetrovsk city council from the PP "Obʼiednannia Samopomich," explained that those gathered were protesting against election fraud at the Babushkinsky District TEC in Dnipropetrovsk.
"There is brazen fraud going on there," said Vyacheslav Myshalov. "All the parties have their original protocols from all 73 precincts in the Babushkinsky district, so we know exactly how Dnipropetrovsk residents voted. But the result that the Babushkinsky TEC forwarded to the city election commission was falsified in favor of two parties: Vidrodzhennya and Ukrop. Vidrodzhennya was given the required number of votes so they could get into the city council, and the candidate from Ukrop added 300 votes to himself to win the intraparty ranking."
According to Vyacheslav Myshalov, activists had to resort to such radical actions because it was impossible to make the state ensure compliance with the law any other way.
"We have no TV channels, no bought judges, and no law enforcement agencies. But we see that for 6 days the Babushkinsky TEC has been working nonstop. Yet the vote counting is being disrupted; some titushky keep running in there. Today a falsified final protocol has appeared, which was not provided to any of the parties. It is sealed and has been handed over to the city election commission."
Vyacheslav Myshalov said Dnipropetrovsk's Samopomich demands a recount of votes in the Babushkinsky district. "We are against fraud. We are against criminal types coming to power by stealing votes. We have turned to the Central Election Commission, to the Presidential Administration, to the OSCE. We filed many complaints and lawsuits. The result is zero. Corruption and inaction are flourishing everywhere. Therefore we are forced to draw attention to the problem in this way. In fact, any fifth-grader can add up the data from 73 precincts in an hour. Why can’t adults do it for many days? We ask the President to intervene in the situation and restore the rule of law!" he said.
Although the protesters failed to completely block traffic, some cars, moving slowly, slipped through the protesters' line, and a massive traffic jam formed on both the New Bridge and Pravdy Avenue. Cars honked desperately. Drivers loudly complained and demanded that the police intervene.
"We apologize to Dnipropetrovsk residents for the inconvenience caused," noted Vyacheslav Myshalov, "but it's better to endure 1-2 hours than 5 years of submitting to people who came to power by criminal methods."
Law enforcement officers appeared approximately 40 minutes after the start of the protest. They looked bewildered and did not quite understand what to do about it. In the end, police officers stood on the sidewalks and began stopping protesters from entering the road by simply pushing them back and grabbing their arms.
Some ignored them, so the appearance of law enforcement did not significantly improve traffic flow. People in uniform photographed and filmed the protesters and asked the journalists covering the action to share their audiovisual materials. At the same time, none of them even tried to fine pedestrians crossing the street on a red light for violating traffic rules.
Olha Zabeba
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