Mahiliou: discrepancy in the numbers of received signatures
According
to the information received by human rights activists from members of the
Kastrychnitski and the Leninski district election commissions, the greatest
number of signatures was collected for President Aliaksandr Lukashenka - 30,582.
Then come Aliaksei Mikhalevich with 24,196 signatures, Uladzimir Niakliayeu
with 16,598 signatures, Ryhor Kostuseu with 16,545 signatures and Yaraslau Ramanchuk
with 12,835 signatures. Members of the campaign teams also collected 12,381
signatures for Mikalai Statkevich, 8,981 – for Andrei Sannikau, 9,044 – for
Dzmitry Us, 7,123 – for Viktar Tsiareshchanka, 6,047 – for Vital Rymasheuski
and only 57 signatures for Yury Hlushakou.
The human rights defender Barys Bukhel notes that the numbers of received
signatures that were announced by the Leninski and the Kastrychnitski District
Election Commissions differs from the numbers that are drawn by the campaign
teams of the potential candidates for president of Belarus.
’For instance, the number of signatures for Aliaksei
Mikhalevich announced by the Kastrychnitski District Election Commission is
1,727 signatures more than the number of signatures that had been passed to the
commission by his campaign team,’ says Mr. Bukhel. At the same time, members of
the campaign team of Uladzimir Niakliayeu wonder where are 1,220 signatures
that had been collected in his support and passed to the Kastrychnitski
District Election Commission and why he has 448 spare signatures at the
Leninski District Election Commission.’
In addition, Barys Bukhel notes that the number of the
signatures that had been passed to the commissions by members of campaign teams
and the numbers that were announced by the commissions also don’t match in the
case of Ryhor Kostuseu, Vital
Rymasheuski and Mikalai Statkevich.
’We will watch how the question about the mismatches in
the number of the received signatures will be solved, and will file complaints
would it be necessary. Now I can only note the poor level of training of
members of the district election commissions,’ said the human rights defender.
Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections
