28 Oct 2012 13:39

Ukrainian elections proceed normally - CEC head

KYIV. Oct 28 (Interfax) - The parliamentary elections in Ukraine proceed smoothly, chairman of the Central Elections Commission (CEC) Volodymyr Shapoval has said.

"One gets the impression that during the first 2-2.5 hours the electoral process has proceeded normally," he said at a Sunday briefing at CEC.

He said that by 10:30 a.m. no more than 10 polling stations had not opened.

He did not rule out the possibility that during the time of the briefing the stations had started functioning.