News for November 2010
10.11.2010 Mazyr District Executive Committee: ‘working groups’ mustn’t interest observers
The Mazyr DEC refused to familiarize observer Uladzimir Tseliapun with its ruling about the establishment of the so-called ‘working groups’ that had actually formed the precinct election commissions in the Mazyr district.
10.11.2010 Vitsebsk: journalist not invited to sittings of district election commissions
Leanid Svetsik got registered at the Kastrychnitski, the Pershamaiski and the Chyhunachny district election commissions of Vitsebsk as an independent journalist. Now he has to compose complaints: he hasn’t missed three sittings of the Pershamaiski and the Chyhunachny DECs already as he wasn’t invited to them.
10.11.2010 More election related trials in regions
On 8 November the Leninski District Court of Mahiliou considered three cases concerning the non-inclusion of opposition members in precinct election commissions. The democrats' lawsuits were turned down in all three cases. The court declared that the decisions concerning the formation of the precinct election commissions were lawful and met the criteria according to which people had been included in them. The court verdicts are without appeal.
09.11.2010 Vetka: staff of election commissions doesn’t change
The composition of the precinct election commissions in the town of Vetka has undergone almost no changes since the local election that was held in spring 2010. For instance, the PEC that was established in the nursing home Shubina has just one new member. It also includes the head of the nursing home, Anatol Miatlitski.
09.11.2010 Verification of signatures (more information from regions)
On 8 November the Bialynichy District Election Commission held a sitting to sum up the results of the verification of signatures in support of the potential candidates for President of Belarus.
09.11.2010 Veterans of War in Afghanistan demand prosecution of investigators of Asipenka’s case
A claim with this demand was filed to the General Prosecutor’s Office on 8 November.
09.11.2010 10 campaign teams managed to collect enough signatures for registration of their candidates
10 out of 11 potential presidential candidates submitted to election commissions 100.000 valid signatures necessary for registration.
09.11.2010 Opposition candidates call people to take to streets on 24 November
The opposition candidates called on the voters to gather on October Square in Minsk on 24 November, an anniversary of the 1996 referendum.
09.11.2010 Political prisoner Uladzimir Asipenka released from jail
The entrepreneur was released on parole from the Ivatsevychy colony 3 months and 4 days before the end of the term of his punishment.
09.11.2010 Election of the President of Belarus 2010: Preliminary Report on Monitoring Formation of Precinct Election Commissions
The discriminatory attitude of executive committees to candidates from opposition parties was obvious; out of 1,073 candidates to PECs from these parties only 183 persons, or 17.1 percent, became commission members. At the same time the average "passing rate" of other candidates was 84.3 percent (70,815 members out of 84,024 candidates); the figure for the parties loyal to the authorities was 87.7 percent (1586 out of 1808), while with the candidates from 4 major pro-governmental public associations and 1 trade union the figure was 93.2 percent (23,689 persons out of 25,419 candidates became PEC members).
09.11.2010 Results of verification of signatures in support of potential candidates (information from regions…)
On 5 November the Slutsk District Election Commission announced the results of the verification of the signature sheets that had been passed to it by the campaign teams of the potential candidates for President of Belarus.
09.11.2010 Vitsebsk: administration of Kastrychnitski District Election Commission nominated to All-Belarusian Assembly
On 8 November the Chyhunachny, the Kastrychnitski and the Pershamaiski district election commissions of Vitsebsk held sittings to sum up the results of the verification of the signatures that had been passed to them by the campaign teams of the pretenders for presidency.
09.11.2010 Results of verification of signatures by Partyzanski District Election Commission of Minsk
The Partyzanski District Election Commission held a sitting concerning the verification of the that had been passed to it by the campaign teams of the potential candidates for President of Belarus. The sitting was attended by observer Valiantsina Sviatskaya.
09.11.2010 Courts keep issuing predictable verdicts
The Biaroza District
Court considered the lawsuit of the Brest regional organization of the
Belarusian Popular Front against the non-inclusion of its representatives in
precinct election commissions. The Chairperson of the court Vadzim Mazol told
the details of the consideration of the case materials. As a result the present
public managed to get some more information about the formation of PECs in the Biaroza
district.
09.11.2010 Journalist detained for attempt to interview potential candidate for President
At about 2.30 p.m. in Vitsebsk the police detained journalist Uladzislau Staraverau who was taking an interview from Uladzimir Pravalski and shooting him on video camera. Mr. Pravalski didn’t even manage to answer any of his questions, as the detention was conducted in five minutes after the beginning of the interview.
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