News on the topic: elections-2014
13.01.2014 Standard restrictions on signature pickets imposed all over Vitsebsk region
By its regulation No. 6 for January 9 the Orsha District Executive Committee identified places where it was prohibited to collect signatures for nomination of candidates. Moreover, there is a special annex to the regulation, which is hard to find at the website of the executive committee, whereas the regulation itself does not mention any place of urban infrastructure.
13.01.2014 Zhodzina City Executive Committee determines places banned for signatures pickets
The regulation of the executive committee is quite similar to a similar regulation adopted during the parliamentary elections of 2012. The list of the placed banned for holding pickets for collecting signatures for nomination of candidates for the local councils hasn't been extended.
13.01.2014 Salihorsk authorities show quite a liberal approach in determining the places for signature pickets
Salihorsk District Executive Committee determined the places forbidden for pickets to collect voters' signatures. The local human rights activists regard the relevant regulation as quite liberal, taking into account the current severe restrictions on such activities in the period between elections.
10.01.2014 Babruisk and Mahiliou authorities determined places banned for signature pickets
Babruisk City Executive Committee has published a list of places prohibited for picketing for the purpose of collecting signatures for nomination of candidates for the local elections. The list of places remains unchanged when compared to the last election, and hence creates the same uncomfortable conditions for collecting signatures: pickets are prohibited in almost all places of Babruisk which are popular with the public.
09.01.2014 Brest: court refuses to consider appeal concerning the formation of Brest City Election Commission
In his answer to local human rights defenders and civil society activists Judge Anatol Litouchyk explained that the case was outside the jurisdiction of the Brest Regional Court.
09.01.2014 Salihorsk District Election Commission tried to hold a closed sitting and threatened election observer
January 8 long-term observer of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee Leanid Markhotka visited the sitting of Salihorsk District Election Commission, at which the electoral teams to collect signatures for nomination of candidates were registered.
08.01.2014 Oppositionists not included in constituency election commissions of Mahiliou
Of all opposition parties, representatives were nominated to the constituency election commissions only by the United Civil Party.
08.01.2014 No opposition activists included in territorial and constituency election commission in Homel region
The territorial and constituency election commissions of the Homel region are completely "sterile". The representativs of the Left Party "Fair World" and the United Civil Party weren't included in any of them. According to the Central Election Commission, 60 constituency commissions, consisting of 780 members, were formed in the Homel region.
08.01.2014 Bialynichy candidates are sent to Lipavy Hai for campaigning
On 3 January the Bialynichy District Executive Committee adopted two important regulations concerning the campaign for elections to the local councils of 27 Convocation. They regulations were published on the website of the Executive Committee on January 6.
06.01.2014 Just one oppositionist include in a constituency election commission in Brest
All in all, 697 out of the proposed 772 candidates were included in the 57 constituency election commissions for the elections to Brest Regional Council.
06.01.2014 Record held in Hrodna: 60 election commissions established in 15 minutes
On 4 January 60 constituency election commissions for elections to the regional council were formed at a sitting of Hrodna Regional Executive Committee, chaired by its chairman Uladzimir Krautsou. 11 people were included in each commission. The procedure of forming the commissions took just 15 minutes. Of course, nobody discussed the candidacies of all 660 nominees to the commissions.
06.01.2014 State-owned newspaper accuses political parties of passiveness
The regional newspaper "Vitebskiye Vesti" summed up the forming of the territorial election commissions and told the readers that "the activity of political parties is barely visible", as far as “just 17 members of parties became members of the commissions, including 13 members of the , as party members, including 13 members of the Communist Party of Belarus”.
03.01.2014 Mazyr District Election Commission composed of state officials, members of councils and heads of enterprises
At first glance, there are no bosses or officials in the list of members of Mazyr District Election Commission – there are only “representatives of citizens, trade unions and public associations”. However, after a close examination it becomes clear that there are only heads of enterprises, officers of the executive committee and even two members of the district council!
03.01.2014 Zhlobin District Court dismisses the appeal of “Fair World” activists
Zhlobin District Court dismissed the complaint of the local activists of the Left Party "Fair World", who asked to cancel the decision of Zhlobin District Executive Committee, by which a member of the party Valiantsin Yauzrezau wasn't included in an election commission.
03.01.2014 Member of BPF Party not included in election commission
Biaroza District Court dismissed the complaint of a group of citizens against the failure to include a BPF member Ihar Menshykau in the district election commission.
