Observers claim they caught their former teachers in gerrymander
Dzyanis
Balakir, an observer of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, and Yuliya
Balakir, an observer representing a group of citizens, work in election
center #12 situated in Slutsk school #8 where they used to study.
According
to Dzyanis Balakir, a school teacher Iryna Yanholenka received a voting
paper and voted twice. The observers drew up a report and sent the act
of the violation to the head of the committee Tatstsyana Trusava, said
Dzyanis Balakir. The secretary of the committee Veranika Vidzenina
refused to sign it.
A member of the election committee Svyatlana
Shumitskaya approached Dzyanis Balakir when he was leaving the school
and promised to complain about his actions to certain authorities.
Furthermore,
the observers noticed that the number of people who voted on December
15 did not match the number registered by the election committee. The
observers counted 87 people and the committee – 95, reports a human
rights centre “Vyasna”.
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