Pinsk: places of work of members of electoral commissions are top state secret
The places of work of some
members of election commissions are still a secret even for themselves. For
instance, the representative of the Belarusian Popular Front Aliaksandr
Ramanovich, a member of the Pinsk precinct election commission #26 tried to
find about the places of work of other members of the commission in order to
check the legality of the formation of the commission (according to the law,
the share of state officials in an election commission cannot exceed 1/3 of the
total number of members). However, the commission chairperson refused to answer
this question.
As a result, Mr. Ramanouski submitted an appropriate inquiry to the Pinsk Town
Election Commission. He received an answer where it was stated that the
formation of the commission corresponded to Article 34 of the Electoral Code
and there wasn’t a single judge, prosecutor or state official among its
members. However, it is impossible to check whether it is true or not as the
BPF representatives wasn’t informed about the places of work of his ‘colleagues’.
Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections
In the photo: the answer of the Pinsk TEC
