The head of South Ossetia will challenge the date of the second round of presidential elections

TSKHINVAL, April 14 President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov, who is running for head of the republic, is planning challenge the date of the second round of the presidential elections in the Supreme Court, as it falls on a working day, RIA Novosti was told at its headquarters. The second round of the presidential elections in South Ossetia is scheduled for Thursday, April 28.April 11, 10:25 Elections in South Ossetia were held democratically, an observer from the Federation Council said» A significant part of voters outside South Ossetia, in Russia and Abkhazia, will be deprived of their rights, since April 28 is a working day. If Thursday can be declared a day off in South Ossetia, then not in Russia and Abkhazia. In this regard, Anatoly Bibilov plans to challenge the date set by the Central Election Commission, «said a representative of the headquarters. The presidential elections were held on April 10. By law, the second round must take place in 15 days. But since the elections cannot be called on a holiday, the CEC decided to hold them on April 28, Thursday. According to the results of processing 100% of the protocols, oppositionist Alan Gagloev won 38.55% of the votes (10,707 people), Anatoly Bibilov — 34.95% (9,706 people). 29,057 citizens of South Ossetia took part in the voting, this is 73.97% of voters.

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