Shklou: pro-governmental candidate uses office powers for agitation
Aliaksandr Aheyeu, deputy chair of the Committee of State Control
On 5 September the parliamentary candidates running
at Shklou election constituency #90 Ryhor Kastusiou (from the Belarusian
Popular Front Party) and Zinaida Mileshchanka (“Fair World” Party) appealed
unlawful actions of their rival, deputy head of the State Control Committee of
Belarus Aliaksandr Aheyeu, to the constituency election commission,
In their appeal they state that Aheyeu uses his office powers in his electoral
campaign. In particular, on 23 August he held a telephone hot-line with
dwellers of the Kruhliany district which is a part of Shklou election
constituency #90. On 24 August he also took part in the pedagogical conference
in Bialynichy and his portrait was published in the front page of the
state-owned newspaper “Zara nad Druttsiu”. All these actions can be considered
as unlawful agitation and violation of the principle of equality of candidates.
“Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections”
