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Viktor Yushchenko held meeting with CEC chairman

Other News Materials 16 October 2007 17:39 (UTC +04:00)

( ForUm ) - President Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday met with Volodymyr Shapoval, chairman of the Central Election Commission, to speak about last month's snap parliamentary election and its official results, president's press office reported.

Yushchenko congratulated Shapoval on holding the September 30 poll in ademocratic manner and in line with international standards,expressingconfidence the vote willhelp resolve Ukraine's long-lasting political crisis and pave the way for strategic changes and reforms.

The CEC chairman said the turnout had been quite high on September 30 and added that the country's democratic forces had been winning a narrow victory over their opponents in the past several years. He said it was important to improve election laws and ballot procedures.

Viktor Baloha, head of the presidential office, and Maryna Stavniychuk, Yushchenko's representative to the Central Election Commission and the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, were present at the meeting.

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