an hour agoLocal Elections in Macedonia: 5 Years in Prison for Those Who Sell, Buy Vote
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)Selling votes in local elections may cost you dearly not only those offering money or other favors but also citizens themselves who will agree to sell their vote. With changes in the Penal Code, the sentence of at least 5 years in prison and more for what I sell [...]
With the changes in the Penal Code, the sentence of at least 5 years in prison and more for him to sell his vote. The same sentence applies to the purchaser of the citizen's vote. The sentence of at least five years in prison is predicted not only in cases of receiving money but also in cases of promise or agreement on the sale of the vote and still without receiving the prize.
- Whoever rightly offers the vote gives or promises a reward or other interest in order to benefit from or fulfill the right of choice will be sentenced to prison for at least years. By the sentence of Article 1, one will be punished for just voting, which will require another reward or interest, or accept any other gift or interest, to perform, not perform, or carry out the right of choice.
The Penal Code envisions prison sentences even for violating the privacy of the vote that in many past election cycles has been cited as another form of pressure and vote sales. Worse will be the official persons who will be sentenced to five years in prison and higher only if they try to ask and learn who a citizen has voted for.
Article 163.
- Whoever during the elections or during the vote violates privacy will be sentenced to at least three years in prison.
2. If any members of the electoral body or other official body perform the paragraph 1 work during the official office of elections or voting, they will be sentenced to at least five years in prison.
3. The penalty for paragraph 2 will be the one who uses violence, a serious threat, the use of official, economic, or other work addiction, which will influence the other to show whether he has voted or voted.
The amendments to the Penal Code are envisioned rigorous sentences even for those who would undermine the election process in all phases, vote day, declaration of results, damage to election material and other works. The minimum punishment for the crushing part of these works starts from three or five years in prison, increasing depending on the nature of the work and the damage done.
https://ww.facebook.com/Almakos1/videos/1874080955966081/
