Public Chamber offers UN, Council of Europe to call for Ukraine presidential poll delay

MOSCOW, May 5 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian Public Chamber has prepared an official address in the UN and the Council of Europe with an initiative to attain a delay for presidential elections in Ukraine up to stabilisation of the situation in the country through joint diplomatic efforts of leading world powers, the Public Chamber press service reported on Monday with the reference to a statement by first deputy secretary of the chamber Vladislav Grib. “I and my colleagues are convinced that any elections in conditions when the country is embraced by bloody clashes and official state authorities cannot guarantee security to people are destined to falsification and will actually provoke only further escalation of current conflict,” Grib said, adding that “We will ask for support of our address by all foreign partners, including the member states of the International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions.” After tragic events in the cities of Odessa, Slavyansk and Kramatorsk the Public Chamber also finds it necessary “to develop a common world position not accepting actions of current Kiev authorities.” “After horrible crimes of this “Kiev regime” any tolerance or carefulness in their assessments is hardly suitable. Obviously this is a junta carrying out its punitive fascist operations, but “not a certain new power and its peacekeeping activity,” Grib noted, adding that “We will address separately to leading Russian media outlets asking to avoid excessive softness and vague wordings in these issues. People in our country as well as in any other country have a right to be aware of the scale of current threats.” Meanwhile, the Public Chamber proposed “to consider an initiative to make a special open public list of Western politicians who support punitive operations against civilians in Ukraine.” Learn more on itar-tass.com