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On Election Day, May 8, CIVIL will deploy 80 accredited observers throughout the country, who are mobile and will visit multiple polling stations.
All citizens are invited to report irregularities on the SLOBODNI IZBORI(FREE ELECTIONS) website, in a message on the organization’s Facebook page or by phone at 02/520 91 76 or071 712 799, as well as on the email [email protected].
All necessary information about the elections that can help citizens exercise their right to vote can be found in the ELECTIONSsection ofthe CIVIL MEDIAmedia platform.
CIVIL’s Press Center will be open from 7.00 am until 11.00 pm. During the day,CIVIL will hold eight press conferences in Macedonian and Albanian, and will be available to the media also for individual statements in the organization’s press center.
There will be four teams working during the day and until late at night: communication, monitoring of media and social networks, analytics and public relations. A special mobile team for monitoring and verification of reports from the ground is also in operation.
(Click HEREfor the time of the press conferences)
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CIVIL demands from political parties to respect the Electoral Code, the Constitution and laws of the Republic of North Macedonia, to respect the election silence and to contribute to a democratic, lawful and fair Election Day on May 8, as well as during the voting on May 7.
Citizens expect fair and democratic elections, without pressures and abuses. Nothing less than that.
The elections reflect the spirit of democracy in a country and are organized for the citizens, not the parties. Therefore, every participant in the election process has a legal and moral obligation to contribute to a fair and democratic election process.
CIVIL demands from political parties to respect the democratic principles and to send out a message to their members and sympathizers to refrain from breaking the election silence, as well as from spreading hate speech and disinformation.
Voters have the right to an informed choice.
Media and civil society organizations, especially those involved in the election monitoring, have an extremely important, if not decisive role.
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CIVIL has been carrying out comprehensive non-partisan and professional long-term election monitoring of the presidential and parliamentary elections since the establishment of the technical government on January 28. The monitoring is conducted in several areas and categories, in accordance to the unique monitoring methodology that the organization has been promoting since 2008.
A special focus of CIVIL’s long-term election monitoring is political financing, disinformation, hate speech and the Russian influence in the election process.
The organization has established communication with all relevant institutions and organizations in the country, as well as with the OSCE/ODIHR mission and other international missions.
CIVIL Communication Team
LINK to announcement in Macedonian
