Over 1,000 international observers registered for presidential elections - CEC

The relevant decision was approved at the commission´s meeting on March 19, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

In particular, the commission registered 118 official observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, 36 from the International Human Rights Community and six from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

Thus, as of March 19, the Central Election Commission registered 1,127 official observers from international organizations and ten from foreign countries to monitor the presidential elections in Ukraine.

As reported, the presidential election campaign started on December 31, 2018. On February 8, the CEC completed the process of registration for the post of head of state in Ukraine's presidential election. A total of 44 presidential candidates were registered. Five candidates later withdrew from the presidential race.

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