News on the topic: local council elections-2010
11.03.2010 Less than 3% of members of precinct commissions are partisan
As said by Mikalai Lazavik, secretary of the Central commission on elections and holding national referenda, 77,241 persons have been nominated to precinct election commissions and representatives of political parties constitute less than 3% of them.
10.03.2010 Ivan Shyla was detained to prevent him from coming to the sitting on formation of precinct commissions
In Salihorsk, the police detained Ivan Shyla, head of the initiative group of Aliaksei Valabuyeu, right in the Salihorsk district executive committee. The young activist wanted to come to the sitting on formation of the precinct election commissions, to one of which he was nominated.
10.03.2010 Babruisk: activists of Belarusian Christian Democracy can withdraw from elections because of pressurization
Natallia Karpava, member of the initiative group of the BCD member Taisiya Kabanchuk and member of a precinct election commission, was warned that she could lose her job at the district library system. This information was passed to the activist by her father, who used to work in the state structures before the retirement.
10.03.2010 Baranavichy: composition of 66 precinct commissions is approved for five minutes
On 10 March the sitting of the Baranavichy city executive committee on formation of precinct commissions took place. Aleh Savos, Chairperson of the personnel department of the Baranavichy city executive committee, played the role of reporter at the sitting. The composition of 66 precinct commissions consisting of 685 members was approved for just five minutes.
10.03.2010 Mazyr: representatives of political parties aren’t included to precinct commissions at constituencies where candidates of these parties run
On 9 March the sitting of the Mazyr district executive committee on formation of precinct commissions took place. The sitting was attended by nine persons. Before the beginning of the sitting Veranika Baikova, Chairperson of the personnel work banned taking photos and recording anything on Dictaphone. She also warned the present representatives of the Belarusian Popular Front Party and the United Civil Party that discussion and asking questions during the sittings weren’t provided by the Election Code.
10.03.2010 ’Kalinkavitskiya Naviny’ start election talk ahead of time
According to the timing sheet of the elections to local Soviets of Deputies, the agitation for candidates to deputies must start on 16 March. Nevertheless, the state-owned newspaper Kalinkavitskiya Naviny decided to start promoting pro-governmental candidates before this term.
10.03.2010 Pinsk: detention of opposition candidate
Ales Ramanovich, Chairperson of the Pinsk town council of the Belarusian Popular Front, was detained for 90 minutes by the policemen who paid interest to his participation in the local elections.
10.03.2010 Lidziya Yarmoshyna: ‘Election laws don’t provide observers with the right to control the establishment of commissions’
On 4 March Siarhei Housha, observer of the Belarusian Language Society at the Baranavichy district election commission, received an answer from the Central Election Commission to his application of 24 February 2010.
10.03.2010 Svetlahorsk: lyceum of chemists traditionally nominates its candidates
The Svetlahorsk lyceum of chemists has nominated its candidates to the Homel oblast and the Homel oblast Soviets of Deputies.
10.03.2010 Nomination of representatives to precinct commissions is over (information from the regions)
Political parties and other civil associations, working collectives and citizens have the right to nominate their representatives to precinct election commissions. As stated by Mikalai Lazavik, secretary of the Central commission on elections and holding of republican referenda, a total of 6,387 precinct commissions will be established in Belarus. 279 commissions will be situated in patient care institutions and 48 – in military units.
10.03.2010 Criminal case against Volha Siianava to be investigated by Tsentralny district procuracy of Minsk
Resident of Babruisk Volha Siianava, activist of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party, was served a writ to come to the Minsk KGB department on 9 March, 'without personal belongings'. During this election campaign Volha is a member of the initiative group of her mother who is running for the Babruisk town Soviet of Deputies. At first the Babruisk KGB offered the girl to collaborate with them. When she refused, they instigated a criminal case for fraud.
10.03.2010 Vitsebsk: incidents during nomination to precinct commissions
The nomination of representatives to precinct election commissions came to an end. In the Vitsebsk oblast, the documents for nomination of representatives to the commissions could be passed even on 6 and 7 March till 5 p.m., as a duty was specially organized at the executive committees on these two days.
10.03.2010 Belarusian Popular Front: nomination of Chavusau and Labkovich to precinct commissions is a test for authorities
BPF nominated 68 persons to the precinct election commissions of Minsk, including political scientist Yury Chavusau and lawyer Uladzimir Labkovich who hadn’t been included in the Minsk city election commissions and in the district elections commissions of Minsk.
10.03.2010 Vitsebsk oblast: lists of election precincts are absent at 14 out of 25 existing websites of executive committees
More than a half of the official websites of the executive committees of the Vitsebsk oblast still don't have information about the precincts for the elections to the local Soviets of Deputies with specification of their boundaries, the location of the precinct commissions and the premises for voting. It seems that the official websites of the state agencies don't want to disseminate such information.
10.03.2010 Homel: 'There won't be any leaflet boom'
As stated by the Homelskaya Prauda newspaper in There Won't Be Any Leaflet Boom article, the agitation leaflets will be put on billboards and advertising pillars at the stops of public transport. 'It is a civilized and very convenient method,' asserts the newspaper.
