Pinsk: formation of PECs from members of one labor collective isn’t even concealed sometimes
On 8 August the Pinsk City Executive Committee
formed 87 precinct election commissions for the Pinsk city election
constituency #14.
1 out of 4 nominees of the Belarusian Popular Front and 1 nominee of the
Belarusian leftist party “Fair World” were included in them. What concerns
pro-governmental parties – about ten members of the Communist Party of Belarus
were included in the commissions too.
The prospective candidate from the Belarusian Popular Front, demanded that PECs weren’t formed from
representatives of one labor committee. However, nobody listened to his
opinion, the more that members of such collective disguised as nominees from
various pro-governmental organizations – “Belaya Rus”, “Belarusian Union of
Women”, “Red Cross”, Belarusian National Youth Union, “Belarusian Peace
Foundation” and trade unions.
However, in some cases even this wasn’t done. In particular, 10 out of 13
members of precinct election commission #12 situated in the culture house of
the closed corporation “Pinskdreu” are workers of this enterprise. According to
information of observers, the remaining three are “Pinskdreu” workers as well,
though they disguised as nominees of the association of veterans, the
Belarusian National Youth Union and the “Belaya Rus”.
“Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections”
