Yaroslav Davydovych, the head of the Central Election Commission has urged the National Interpol Bureau in Ukraine to furnish information about those registered as parliamentary candidates, www.korrespondent.net reports. “The CEC registers candidates on the basis of produced documents. We are not the KGB and don’t have an investigative department to verify information about prospective members of parliament. All the CEC can do is forward documents to the State Tax Administration for verification,” Davydovych said. He emphasized that the commission will not be responsible for registering foreign citizens as MP candidates. “Individuals who have supplied false information will bear responsibility. And if Interpol has this kind of information, then it should forward it to the CEC, and we will also scrutinize it and make a decision,” he added.
Kyrylo Kulykov, chief of the National Interpol Bureau in Ukraine, said during a recent interview that among those running for a seat in the Verkhovna Rada is “a big gang of individuals on the international wanted list.” The Central Election Commission has asked Interpol to check party slates, “so that citizens of other states and those who have supplied false information cannot enter parliament. It turned out that a whole gang of citizens who are being sought internationally can be formed from the party rosters!”
“There were applications from almost all ‘has-beens’ except for Pukach (the former police general who is wanted on suspicion of murdering journalist Heorhiy Gongadze — Ed.). Among those who are seeking a seat in parliament are a few citizens from the US and some very exotic countries, such as Cabo Verde, for example,” the chief of the Ukrainian Interpol bureau said.
