News on the topic: elections-2012
25.07.2012 Signatures for head of Zhlobin executive committee collected in unauthorized location
The canvassing picket by the initiative group of potential candidate for Parliament, chairman of Zhlobin district executive committee Leanid Apanasiuk was staged next to a bus stop, which is prohibited by a decision of local authorities, Marat Afanasyeu, local leader of the United Civil Party of Belarus, reports.
25.07.2012 6 initiative groups denied registration in Homel region
On 24 July the constituency election commissions of Homel region have finished the registration of initiative groups to nominate candidates for Parliament. According to official data, 47 applications were submitted to the election commissions of 17 constituencies.
25.07.2012 HR defender demands equal conditions for canvassing
Uladzimir Shyla, member of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and observer at Salihorsk constituency No. 69, has lodged an appeal with Minsk regional executive committee, saying that the restrictions on holding election events in Luban district are discriminative.
25.07.2012 Employees of Slutsk sugar factory prohibited to support alternative candidate
The administration of a sugar factory in the town of Slutsk has reportedly prohibited its employees to support the nomination of local alternative candidate Aliaksandr Shylovich.
25.07.2012 Slutsk: names of future candidates classified
The official web-site of the “Slutski Krai” state-owned newspaper says nothing of signature-collecting events to be held by the potential candidates. The only news it has published since the beginning of the election campaign does not mention the names of the future candidates whose initiative groups have been registered by the election commission of local constituency No. 67.
25.07.2012 Most nominations by pro-dem parties registered
The overwhelming majority of initiative groups of potential candidates for Parliament representing opposition political parties and movements have been registered by local election commissions, observers of the Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections report.
25.07.2012 BHC observer appeals illegal nomination of pro-government candidate
Leanid Tsimashkou, observer representing the Belarusian Helsinki Committee at Senna constituency election commission No. 30, has lodged a complaint with the Central Election Commission, saying that the nomination of current MP Aliaksandr Papkou was accompanied with certain violations of the electoral legislation.
25.07.2012 Biaroza activists suggest amending electoral legislation
Siarhei Rusetski and Tamara Shchapiotkina, members of the initiative group of Anatol Sakharusha, have addressed the Central Election Commission with a proposal to review a provision of the Electoral Code that requires all the members of the initiative group to sign an appeal in case their nomination has been dismissed.
25.07.2012 Mahiliou pro-dem activist appeals denial of registration to his initiative group
Mahiliou pro-democratic activist Aliaksandr Irkho has lodged a complaint with the Central Election commission, urging the officials to reverse an earlier decision by the election commission of constituency No. 86 to deny registration to his initiative group.
25.07.2012 Minsk government bans six more demonstrations for election boycott
The Minsk City Executive Committee has denied permission for Belarusian Christian Democracy (BCD) to stage six more demonstrations to call for boycotting September's House of Representatives elections, BCD Executive Secretary Dzyanis Sadowski told BelaPAN on Tuesday.
24.07.2012 Head of independent candidate’s initiative group faces dismissal
Piotr Baseika, employee of the housing and utility department in the town of Khotsimsk, Mahiliou region, is facing dismissal after he chaired the initiative group of local Tell the Truth activist Valery Karankevich.
24.07.2012 Baranavichy observer appeals violations by head of election commission
Following the end of a second sitting of Baranavichy constituency election commission No. 5, local observer Siarhei Housha asked the commission head Mrs. Tatsiana Latyshava to allow studying the minutes, which she rejected.
24.07.2012 Registration of future candidates’ initiative groups in the regions: denials and competition
Here’s the latest news on the registration of future candidates’ initiative groups across the country as reported by the observers of the Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections campaign.
23.07.2012 Mahiliou HR defender appeals ban on recording at election commission’s sitting
Mahiliou human rights defender Barys Bukhel urges the Central Election Commission to reverse an earlier decision by constituency election commission No. 87 to prohibit audio recording at its sittings.
23.07.2012 CEC sides with constituency commissions
The Electoral Code does not oblige election commissions to provide observers with information on the date and time of their sittings, as well as on decisions taken, says an official reply from Mrs. Lidziya Yarmoshyna, head of the Central Election Commission, received by Aleh Ramashkevich, observer representing the Belarusian Helsinki Committee in constituency No. 56 in the town of Masty, Hrodna region.
