News on the topic: elections-2012
30.07.2012 Employees of Slutsk state-owned organizations prevented from signing for alternative candidate
The administrations of a number of state-owned enterprises and organizations of Slutsk district have prohibited their employees to give their signatures for alternative candidate Aliaksandr Shylovich.
30.07.2012 Pro-government candidate in Shklou uses administrative pressure to canvass for votes
Aliaksandr Aheyeu, deputy chair of the Committee of State Control, who is running for Parliament in constituency No. 90 in the town of Shklou, has abused his power to force campaigners to secure the necessary amount of votes, says an anonymous member of his election group.
30.07.2012 Report on Monitoring Election Results: July 23rd -29th
July 25th was the final day of registration of the initiative groups for signature collection in support of the candidates’ nomination. 85 initiative groups (in support of 15 potential candidates) were rejected registration. The number of registration denials this time is almost 4 times higher than during the previous parliamentary election. The overwhelming majority of the initiative groups in support of the oppositional candidates were registered.
29.07.2012 Salihorsk officials disregard Electoral Code
Human rights defender Leanid Markhotka has not yet received a reply to his appeal of 16 July suggesting introducing changes to election campaigning restrictions imposed by the executive authorities of the town of Salihorsk.
29.07.2012 Barysau human rights defender exposes lies by constituency election commission
Barysau human rights defender Aleh Matskevich has received a reply from the Central Election Commission head Lidziya Yarmoshyna, saying nothing of the essence of his complaint – an illegal decision taken by the members of constituency election commission No. 62.
27.07.2012 Mazyr: predictable replies to HR defender Tseliapun
On 26 July, Mazyr human rights defender Uladzimir Tseliapun received negative replies from local district executive committee and council concerning his application for holding a demonstration on 4 August to demand the release of Viasna leader Ales Bialiatski.
27.07.2012 Biaroza activists dissatisfied with CEC’s reply
Siarzhuk Rusetski and Tamara Shchapiotkina, pro-democratic activists from the town of Biaroza, Brest region, have received a reply to their proposals on amending the electoral legislation.
27.07.2012 Administrations of Babruisk hostels deny access to canvasser
Valiantsina Hlukhava, member of the initiative group of Speak the Truth activist Aksana Samuilava, who is running for Parliament in constituency No. 79, has not been allowed canvassing for votes inside a number of local hostels.
27.07.2012 Rights defender urges company's staff to annul nomination of Viktar Huminski for House of Representatives
Human rights defender Ihar Lednik has petitioned the staff of AAT Ekran to annul their decision to nominate Viktar Huminski for the House of Representatives.
26.07.2012 Hrodna HR defender urges authorities to investigate election violations
Hrodna member of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee Raman Yurhel has lodged statements with the Central Election Commission and the Prosecutor General’s Office, urging the high officials to investigate alleged violations by local election commission No. 48.
26.07.2012 CEC orders Interior Ministry to take measures against Statkevich's supporters
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has refused to register initiative groups of former presidential candidates Statkevich and Mikhalevich.
26.07.2012 Mahiliou election campaigner not allowed canvassing in state-owned hostel
The administration of Mahiliou-based hostel of the “Abldarbud” state-owned enterprise has not allowed canvassing for votes on its premises by Belarusian Popular Front activist Valiantsina Shchetnikava.
26.07.2012 Election picket stopped in Baranavichy
The administration of Baranavichy-based Central Market ordered to stop a canvassing picket staged at the market by local entrepreneur and potential candidate for Parliament Mikalai Charnavus.
26.07.2012 Rules for nomination of observers to election commissions legal, says CEC chair
The scope of legal entities authorized to nominate their representatives to constituency election commissions is logical and fair, says Mrs. Lidziya Yarmoshyna, head of the Central Election Commission, in her reply to a complaint by Mahiliou human rights defender Barys Bukhel.
25.07.2012 CEC chair reports increase in denials of registration to initiative groups
85 (19 % of the total amount of nominations submitted) initiative groups have been denied registration in the current election campaign, which is considerably more than in the previous elections of 2008 (5 %) and 2004 (11 %), says Lidziya Yarmoshyna, chair of the Central Election Commission, at a meeting with Sergey Lebedev, head of the CIS’s observation mission.
