U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday condemned an election being organized by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, saying the vote would violate the country’s constitution.
The November 2 vote would be being held in defiance of Ukrainian national elections last Sunday in which pro-Western parties, dedicated to holding the former Soviet republic together and negotiating a settlement to the conflict, triumphed.
“The Secretary-General deplores the planned holding by armed rebel groups in eastern Ukraine of their own ‘elections’ on November 2, in breach of the constitution and national law,” Ban’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.
“These ‘elections’ will seriously undermine the …read more
Source: Voice of America
