Bialynichy authorities propose parliamentary candidates to hold electoral meetings in lime grove
On 7 August the Bialynichy District Executive
Committee determined the places where candidates for the Parliament are allowed
to hold electoral meetings and place agitation materials.
On 8 August Ruling #17-3 of the Bialynichy DEC was uploaded to its internet
website and published by the state-owned newspaper “Zara nad Druttsiu”.
According to the ruling, outdoor meetings can be held only on the ground in
front of the stage in the lime grove of Bialynichy.
There is no sense for the candidates to hold electoral meetings there, as
people usually come to the lime grove for concerts or holidays. The conditions
of agitation are much worse compared to the presidential election of 2010, when
agitation was allowed almost everywhere in the town.
During the present election, indoor meetings can be conducted at the district
culture center and village houses of culture.
Agitation materials can be placed in the buildings where electoral commissions
are situated, at the informational stands of administrative buildings of
village councils, shops, cultural and educational institutions and
organizations. It's quite unclear why the execution committee didn't allow the
placement of such materials on the advertisement boards of block houses, where
many people could read them.
The DEC also ruled that all electoral events held by candidates and their
agents are to be held “in line with the legislation of the Republic of Belarus
on mass events”.
The deputy head of the Bialynichy District Executive Committee Nadzeya
Serykava, who has been responsible for the latest electoral campaigns, was
charged with supervision over the implementation of the ruling. In 2010 Nadzeya
Serykava coordinated the actions of the police during the dispersal of an
electoral meeting of presidential candidate Ryhor Kastusiou in Bialynichy.
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