#RUSSIA: Duma Commission Calls Foreign Media, Facebook And Google "Spies," Violated Election Laws

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A special commission of the Russian Duma has called for the legislature to take measures against a number of foreign media for violating the Russian election laws, alleging that some of them were spies, the Commission said in a report.

The Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia’s Internal Affairs accused Radio Liberty, Current time, Medusa, BBC Russian Service, MBK-Media and Voice of America for violating “the legislation by carrying out an election campaign on election day,” during the country’s local elections in September.

Facebook and Google, according to the Commission’s Chairman Vasilii Piskarev, may also join the “team” waiting for “appropriate measures,” as the parliamentarians received confirmation that they have also violated the election laws.

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#GREECE: New Gov't Wants To Replace Previous Leftist Gov't Appointment To Commission

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The newly elected New Democracy Party government is due to pass a law providing for the dismissal of members and staff of the competition commission if they have recently served in government offices.

This  means that the current competition boss, Vassiliki Thanou, will have to be replaced.

Thanou, a former supreme court chief justice, was nominated by the previous leftist government and before that, she was a non-paid adviser of former premier Alexis Tsipras.

The opposition Syriza Party is accusing the government of interfering in the operation of the commission, which regulates business.

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#IRELAND: Commission Urges Major, Comprehensive Update In "Out-Of-Date" Election Laws

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Current electoral laws are out-of-date, incoherent and have a serious lack of teeth when it comes to enforcement, the State’s ethics and electoral watchdog has said. The Standards in Public Office Commission made a detailed critique of the Electoral Act in a submission to the Government on a proposed electoral commission.

The commission highlighted a large number of what it describes as “gaps and challenges” in the current laws. It argued that if the long-promised electoral commission is to be established, it should first involve a "comprehensive review of the Electoral Acts," and noted that elections had not kept up with technology.

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