President of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, is convinced that the parliamentary elections in the Republic will be calm.
"I am convinced that the elections will be calm here. In fact, we cannot falsify the voting results. No one doubts their honesty," said Anatoly Bibilov in an interview with Ossetia news agency, which was published on the president’s website on Friday.
He has noted that a healthy opposition in a healthy society is good. "It would be surprising if there were no opposition movement. It would demonstrate that society is not entirely healthy. A healthy opposition in a healthy society is good."
According to the President, there are no special complaints about the executive power of the political forces in the Republic and the present parties, which are represented in Parliament, see that the budget of the Republic is in fact socially oriented.
I am deeply convinced that everyone is aware of his responsibility to the people of South Ossetia, every political force and every candidate for deputy. I have always said - the people of South Ossetia are already tired of processions and rallies. The people of South Ossetia want a quiet life and quietly develop. We are not going to move in this direction, and do not intend to depart,” the Зresident added.
He also believes that Georgia will in one way or another try to influence on the political processes that are and will took place in South Ossetia. “These illegal attempts will be stopped. I do not think that the influence that Georgia would like to exert on South Ossetia will somehow influence on the elections in the Republic,” said Bibilov.
Parliamentary elections in South Ossetia will be held on June 9. For the first time in 10 years, they are held according to a mixed majority-proportional system — half of the 34 deputies will be elected in a single constituency according to party lists, and the other half in seventeen single-member constituencies.
