News for November 2010
09.11.2010 Vitsebsk: signatures in support of Uladzimir Pravalski found invalid
This information was obtained from Leanid Svetsik, an observer at the Pershamaiski and the Kastrychnitski district election commissions of Vitsebsk. The potential candidate for president Pravalski refuses to comment on the situation till receiving a final decision from the Central Election Commission.
09.11.2010 Hlusk: member of Belarusian Helsinki Committee Ihar Kiryn complains to Central Election Commission
The resident of Hlusk Ihar Kiryn filed with the Central Election Commission a complaint against the refusal of the Chairperson of the Hlusk District Election Commission Aliaksandr Belski to register him as an observer at the commission.
09.11.2010 Hrodna: democratic parties appeal non-inclusion of their representatives in precinct commissions
The Hrodna regional organization of the Belarusian Social Democratic Hramada filed 8 lawsuits against the non-inclusion of its members in precinct election commissions (PECs): 1 to the Masty District Court, 1 – to the Svislach District Court and 6 – to the Leninski and the Kastrychnitski district of Hrodna. Only 5 out of 28 nominees of the BSDH were included in the PECs.
09.11.2010 Masty district: representative of Belarusian Social Democratic Hramada tried to be elected PEC Chairperson… to no avail
The first sitting of the Lunenski precinct election commission #19 in the Masty district was marked by an interesting incident: one of its members, the representative of the Belarusian Social Democratic Hramada Liavon Karpovich tried to become its head.
09.11.2010 Barysau: minimal changes in staff of PEC
The human rights defender Maryna Statkevich compared the composition of the precinct election commissions in Barysau with the ones that had been formed during the election to the local councils in spring 2010. The conclusion is deplorable: the majority of the old members remain in the present commissions. In fact, they constitute 80-100% in 63 out of 112 PECs.
09.11.2010 Hrodna: detentions of members of Belarusian Popular Front
The BPF activists Vadzim Saranchukou and Maksim Hubarevich were detained in different parts of Hrodna in the evening of 7 November. The Chairperson of the Hrodna city BPF organization Vadzim Saranchukou was detained by border guards at the crossing point Pryvalka while returning to Belarus from Lithuania. He was kept at the border for two hours. The border guards examined his belongings and made him fill in a customs declaration, after which he was let go.
08.11.2010 Hrodna: observers prevented from observing verification of signatures
The observers that were accredited at the territorial commissions of Hrodna receive runarounds from the Hrodna Region Election Commission and the Central Election Commission. The observers Viktar Dzesiatsik, Uladzimir Khilmanovich, Sviatlana Rudkouskaya, Viktar Sazonau and Raman Yurhel received answers in which the election commissions refer to part 4 of Article 13 of the Electoral Code and allege that the presence of observers during the verification of signatures is not provided by the electoral legislation.
08.11.2010 Biaroza: election commission makes fools of observers
Siarzhuk Rusetski and Tamara Shchapiotkina were nominated by the local electors as observers at the Biaroza District Election Commission. The Biaroza District Election Commission granted the request of the observers: they were sent a written notice about the sitting where the materials concerning the verification of the signature sheets in support of the potential candidates would be considered. However, the verification of signatures has been already completed by the commission without holding any official sittings )
08.11.2010 Biaroza district: authorities create deficit of members of parties and NGOs in PECs
20 out of the 50
precinct election commissions of the Biaroza district have less than 1/3rd
of representatives of political parties and public associations among its
staff. Meanwhile, representatives of two oppositional parties, the Belarusian
Popular Front and the Belarusian Leftist Party Fair World weren’t included in PECs #14 and #17.
08.11.2010 Baranavichy: Central Election Commission recommended lower commissions to inform observers about their sittings
On 6 November the observer Siarhei Housha (pictured) received an answer to his complaint against the failure of the Baranavichy City Territorial Election Commission to inform him about the date and place of its sitting. The Central Election Commission gave no legal assessment to the actions of the Baranavichy CEC and confined itself to reporting that a check-up had been held on the facts that had been set forth in the complaint.
08.11.2010 Brest: ‘Fair World’ appeals non-inclusion of its members in PECs
The Brest organization of the Belarusian Leftist Party nominated 23 representatives to the precinct election commissions of the Leninski and the Maskouski districts of Brest, but just 4 were included in them. Those who were denied membership in the commissions went to the law to appeal the decisions of the Leninski and the Maskouski district executive committees of Brest concerning the formation of the PECs. The Chairperson of the Brest city organization of the Fair World Liudmila Dzenisenka believes that the Brest authorities groundlessly ignored the candidacies of the majority of representatives of political parties, which puts to doubt their statements about the intention to hold fair and transparent elections.
08.11.2010 Barysau: primary organization of Trade Union of Radio Electronic Industry sues Barysau authorities
This Saturday the
newspaper of the Barysau District Executive Committee published the lists of
members of all 112 precinct election commissions of Barysau. No oppositionists
were included in the PECs,
including the 9 representatives nominated by the trade union. That’s why TUREI
decided to appeal the decision on the formation of the commissions at the
Barysau District Court.
08.11.2010 Biaroza: police confiscated leaflets calling to boycott presidential election
Officers of the Biaroza
District Police Department confiscated almost 5,000 leaflets with calls to boycott
the presidential election from Andrei Kavalevich, the son of the head of the Biaroza
district organization of the Conservative Christian party Belarusian Popular
Front. This happened when Andrei and his mother were on the way home.
08.11.2010 Krychau: democrats complain against non-inclusion in precinct election commissions
Krychau activists of the United Civil Party and the NGO BPF Adradzhenne appeal the non-inclusion of their representatives in the precinct election commissions at the Krychau District Court.
08.11.2010 Mahiliou region: state officials disguise in election commissions as representatives of public
According to the official data, state officials make only 5% of the composition of election commissions in the Homel region.
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