Elections to local councils to take place in March
Secretary of Central Election Committee Mikalai Lazavik
The secretary of the
Central Election Commission Mikalai Lazavik said that the CEC saw no
pre-conditions for correcting the date of election of members of
local councils.
“We are guided by the norms of the
legislation, according to which the local elections must take place
in the 20-ies days of March”, said the official.
According
to Mr. Lazavik, “there are no objective reasons for transferring
the elections to an earlier date”.
The Electoral Code
provides that the elections to the local councils of the new
convocation are appointed by the President of the Republic of Belarus
not later than four months before and are held not later than 30 days
before the expiry of the powers of the local councils of the acting
convication. According to this norm, the election to the local
councils will be held not later than in March 2014.
