News on the topic: political parties & movements
05.09.2008 Minsk: ‘Young Front’ activist Vadzim Kaniauka is detained
On 5 September in Minsk the police detained the Young Front activist Vadzim Khanyauka.
05.09.2008 Central election commission ignores the demand of political parties
The Central election commission didn’t agree on including a question on checking legality of precinct election commissions’ formation into the agenda of its latest session.
04.09.2008 Baranavichy: unregistered candidate Alexander Valkevich sues to the Supreme Court
The Central electoral commission did not grant the complaint of Alexander Halkevich against non-registration as a candidate for deputy at Baranavichy-Eastern electoral constituency #6. The Central electoral commission confirmed the conclusion of the constituency electoral commission, which had allegedly found 69 invalid signatures among those which had been passed by Halkevich’s initiative group.
03.09.2008 Candidate for deputy is prohibited to promote web-site of his party
On 2 September the majority of candidates to the Chamber of Representatives have finished recording their TV and radio appearances, which are to be broadcast since tomorrow.
03.09.2008 Ministry of Justice demands that BPF remove white-red-flag from headquarters entrance
The central office of the Belarusian Popular Front was visited by a consultant of the department of non-governmental organization of the Ministry of Justice Alexander Kharyton.
02.09.2008 Head of Rechytsa constituency commission says Putsitski owns thousands of shares
During the registration of candidates to the Chamber of Representatives the head of Rechytsa constituency electoral commission Vital Atamanchuk stated that candidate Putsitski allegedly owned thousands of shares of stock companies. Putsitski’s adherents consider this statement as an attempt to raise doubts among those who attended the sitting of the commission and thus discredit the candidate.
02.09.2008 Horki: candidate is threatened with changes in biography and prohibition to publish his electoral program
Constituency electoral commission #81 threatens Andrei Yurkou, a candidate for deputy from the Belarusian Popular Front Adradzhenne, with introduction of changes in his biography and prohibition to publish his electoral program in the local newspaper.
02.09.2008 Democratic candidates are weeded out
The number of unregistered democratic candidates at the parliamentary election is extremely high, so one can’t say the oncoming election is democratic.
02.09.2008 BPF Youth protest against education reform
On 1 September activists of the youth organization of the Belarusian Popular Front party held a protest rally against school reform.
02.09.2008 Three candidates of the United democratic forces withdraw from election
The head of the Homel oblast organization of the United Civil Party Vasil Palyakou and Homel UCP activist Leanid Sudalenka refused to run in the parliamentary election.
01.09.2008 September: more students to be expelled?
An activist of Polatsk branch of the Young Front Mikola Dzemidzenka was informed that he would be expelled from historical faculty of Polatsk State University.
01.09.2008 Belarusian Popular Front Party withdraws candidates from parliamentary elections
On August 30 the Sojm (Council) of the Belarusian Popular Front party decided to withdraw party candidates for deputies before 23 September.
01.09.2008 Belarusian Christian Democracy to boycott the election
Members of the organizing committee for creation of the Belarusian Christian Democracy (BCD) will withdraw their candidates from the pre-election campaign by 23 September.
14.08.2008 Baranavichy: how much saliva and how many fingerprints will be enough?
‘How much saliva and how many fingerprints should I take to police to be left alone?’ asks a resident of Baranavichy, member of the Belarusian Popular Front Party Viktar Meziak. For the first time his saliva and fingerprints were taken by the local police inspector. Then other policemen started calling demanding his saliva and fingerprints as well. ‘I have to explain to them that I have taken saliva and fingerprints already. It seems to me that it is a purposeful action so that one would not feel comfortable.’ The last such call Meziak received on 12 August at 11 pm.
14.08.2008 Seventh registration denial to Brest oblast branch of Belarusian Social Democratic Hramada
The justice department has for the seventh time refused to register Hrodna oblast branch of the Belarusian Social Democratic Hramada. The members of the branch do not rule out that the officials substituted the documents for registration that were submitted by them.
