News on the topic: elections-2012
13.07.2012 Khotsimsk: prospective candidate states about pressurization of his electoral team
Valery Karankevich, a coordinator of the “Speak the Truth” civil campaign and a prospective candidate for the House of Representatives, says members of his electoral team face pressurization from the side of the law machinery and the local authorities.
13.07.2012 Minsk: protesters against construction of police houses in Uruchcha-2 trying to become parliamentary candidates
Two most active representative of the group of defenders of the green zone in the Minsk suburb “Uruccha-2”, the head of the “European Perspective” Viktar Yanurevich and Leanid Mazhalski (detained by the police during the people's protest) decided to run at the parliamentary election.
12.07.2012 Minsk: police confiscate car from potential candidate for Parliament
At about 6.30 p.m. officers of the Mahiliou City Road Police Department stopped the car of the coordinator of the “Speak the Truth!” civil initiative in the Mahiliou region Aksana Samuilava. The alleged reason was that she hadn't let a passer-by cross the street at a pedestrian crossing.
12.07.2012 Dziarzhynsk: persecution of traffickers of bulletin “For Free Elections”
On 11 July Hrodna activists of the Belarusian Leftist Party “Fair World” Viktar Mikhalchyk and Pavel Staneuski were carrying copies of the bulletin “For Free Elections” in their car. On the territory of the Dziarzhynsk district their car was overtaken by a road police patrol.
12.07.2012 Truant member of pro-governmental party included in Rechytsa Constituency Election Commission again
During the previous parliamentary elections a member of the National Party of Labor and Justice Yury Zhurau didn't come to any sittings of the constituency election commission despite being its member. However, he has been included in the commission during the present election campaign, too.
12.07.2012 Viktar Karniayenka not let out of Belarus
Viktar Karniayenka, a coordinator of the civil campaign ‘For Fair Elections’ was not permitted to exit Belarus. His passport was stamped with inhibitory mark in the National Airport Misnk–2 on 12 July.
12.07.2012 Weekly analytical report on election monitoring results: July 2-8
The parliamentary election does not receive wide coverage in mass media. State-owned media ignore the election activity of the opposition forces, publishing materials about the current members of the Chamber of Representatives and the potential pro-governmental candidates.
11.07.2012 Malaryta District Court upholds prohibition of picket “For Honest Elections”
The Malaryta District Court (the Brest region) confirmed the legality of the prohibition of the picket by the Malaryta District Executive Committee.
11.07.2012 Constituency election commissions in Homel: state officials disguise as public representatives
The analysis of the constituency election commissions of Homel shows a tendency characteristic for the whole Belarus: “occasional” people rarely become members of election commissions, all of them are formed according to one scenario – representatives of executive committees, enterprise administrations and secondary schools are included in them as nominees of civil associations, trade unions and groups of citizens. However, according to the law the share of state officials must not exceed one third in a commission.
11.07.2012 Police try to burst into house of co-head of “For Fair Elections” campaign Viktar Karniayenka
Policemen are trying to get into the house of the co-chairman of the civil campaign “For Fair Elections” Viktar Karniayenka in Fanipol. The reasons aren't known so far. Mr. Karniayenka is away at an OSCE conference in Vienna.
10.07.2012 Representation of opposition parties in constituency election commissions: 2012 compared to 2004 and 2008
This year opposition parties nominated more representatives to constituency election commissions, but their total number is 8% smaller than during the election of 2008.
09.07.2012 People were admitted to sitting on formation of constituency election commissions of Vitsebsk region according to special list
As a result, a member of the “Fair World” Anatol Rodzik and a participant of the latest presidential election campaign Uladzimir Pravalski didn’t manage to get to the joint sitting of the Vitsebsk Region Executive Committee and the Vitsebsk Region Council, though both of them were nominated to constituency election commissions.
09.07.2012 Why weren’t members of United Civil Party included in constituency commissions of Vitsebsk region?
The party organization nominated 7 representatives to the constituency election commissions of the Vitsebsk region. The appropriate documents were sent to the Vitsebsk Region Executive Committee on 5 July. However, they were not registered.
09.07.2012 Who was included in constituency election commissions?
The head of the Mahiliou regional organization of the Belarusian Popular Front Party Zmitser Salauyou stated that none of the 9 persons, nominated by the party, were included into the constituency election commissions.
06.07.2012 Homel region: opposition nominates its representatives to circuit election commissions
Representatives of the United Civil Party, the Belarusian Popular Front and the “Fair World” were nominated to circuit election commission sin the Brest region.
