News on the topic: presidential elections-2010
07.10.2010 Hrodna Regional Court dismissed complaint of ‘Fair World’
On 6 October the Hrodna Regional Court considered the complaint of the local organization of the Belarusian Leftist Party Fair World against the non-inclusion of its representative Anatol Ivanchyk in the Hrodna Regional Territorial Election Commission.
07.10.2010 Mahiliou Regional Court turned down complaint of Mahiliou regional organization of BPF ‘Adradzhenne’
On 6 October the Mahiliou Regional Court considered the complaint against the non-inclusion of the representatives from the NGO BPF Adradzhenne Siarhei Famin to the Mahiliou Regional Election Commission. Judge Sviatlana Stelmahava left standing the decision of the joint sitting of the Mahiliou Regional Executive Committee and the Presidium of the Mahiliou Regional Council of Deputies. The court verdict is not appealable.
07.10.2010 Member of electoral teams of Uladzimir Niakliayeu and Mikalai Statkevich has been kept in mental hospital for 15 days already
The citizen of Navalukoml Piatro Baravik expressed the wish to collect signatures in support of two potential candidates for the presidential position, Mikalai Statkevich and Uladzimir Niakliayeu. However, he is unable to do it as he has been forcedly put in the Lepel mental hospital.
07.10.2010 Election of the President of Belarus 2010: Preliminary Findings of Monitoring First Two Weeks of Election Campaign (14-26 September)
In general, in terms of the electoral process, the first two weeks of the election campaign in 2010 is almost indistinguishable from the first two weeks of the campaign for presidential elections in 2006.
06.10.2010 Polatsk: collectors of signatures in support of Uladzimir Niakliayeu weren’t let in dormitory
The janitor of dormitory #2 of Polatsk State University twice refused to let in collectors of signatures for Uladzimir Niakliayeu, a potential candidate for the presidential position.
06.10.2010 Babruisk: pressurization of members of Vital Rymasheuski’s electoral team continues
The people who call themselves representatives of the Ministry of Justice started paying visits to representatives of the electoral team of Vital Rymasheuski.
06.10.2010 Mahiliou: more places for collecting signatures
The Mahiliou City Executive Committee changed some points of its ruling About determining the places that are banned for picketing with the aim of collecting signatures for the nomination of candidates for President of the Republic of Belarus.
06.10.2010 Svietlahorsk: court dismisses complaint against non-inclusion of oppositionist in district election commission
The case was considered by the Deputy Chairperson of the Svietlahorsk District Court Halina Svidunovich. Predictably enough, the complaint was dismissed and the ruling of the Svietlahorsk District Executive Committee and the Presidium of the Svietlahorsk District Council about the formation of the Svietlahorsk District Election Commission was found lawful. Thus, the local entrepreneur, representative of the Belarusian Leftist Party Fair World Henadz Zhuleha wasn’t included in the commission.
06.10.2010 Minsk: members of electoral teams of opposition candidates not let in hostels of enterprises
Bohuslau Unhur, a member of the electoral team of Uladzimir Niakliayeu, said he wanted to collect signatures in the dormitory of the Minsk factory of silicate products in Prylukskaya Street, 50.
06.10.2010 Leanid Haravy complains to procuracy about violation of his electoral rights
The member of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party Hramada and member of the council of the For Freedom movement Leanid Haravy wasn’t included in the Haradok District Election Commission. He thinks that it is a result of the negative characteristic of his person by the deputy chairperson of the Haradok District Executive Committee. Mr. Haravy decided to apply to the procuracy after the Haradok DEC ignored his complaint.
06.10.2010 Liozna officials react to remarks of ‘Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections’
Information about the presidential election finally appeared at the website of the Liozna District Executive Committee, though it used to be the only website of a district executive committee on the Vitsebsk region that had no information about it.
06.10.2010 New facts of forced signing in support of Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s candidacy
The electoral teams of the potential candidates for the presidential position are getting more active in Zhodzina. The electoral pickets of the representative of the United Civil Party Yaraslau Ramanchuk, the leader of the civil campaign European Belarus Andrei Sannikau and the leader of the Speak Truth campaign Uladzimir Niakliayeu have been working for three days already.
06.10.2010 Baranavichy: Yaraslau Hryshchenia was given summons to military enlistment office while collecting signatures
On 5 September an officer of the Baranavichy Town Military Enlistment Office presented a summons to the local activist Yaraslau Hryshchenia while he was collecting signatures at an electoral picket in the center of Baranavichy. According to the summons, he must come to the military enlistment office at 9 a.m. on 8 October.
05.10.2010 Minsk: teachers are forced to collect signatures for Lukashenka
The teachers and kindergarteners of the Kastrychnitski District of Minsk are forced to collect signatures in support of the candidacy of the present head of the state.
05.10.2010 Orsha district: population decreases, unlike the number of electors
The Orsha Regional Executive Committee formed the precincts for the election of President of the Republic of Belarus by its ruling #961 of 29 September 2010.
