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Thursday, December 16, 2004

Ukraine prosecutors launch criminal probe of election commission
Bernard Hibbitts at 11:47 AM ET

[JURIST] In the wake of the debacle over last month's presidential run-off in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Prosecutor-General's office has begun a criminal investigation into the activity of several members of the country's Central Election Commission, accused of deliberately miscalculating the ballots and deliberately announcing incorrect results. The Ukrainian parliament formally called for the probe Wednesday. MosNews has more.






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