Belarus’ CEC registers Lukashenko, Kanopatskaya, Dmitriyev, Cherechen and Tikhanovskaya as presidential candidates
<p> MINSK, Jul 14 - PrimePress. On July 14, 2020, the Central Commission for Elections and Republican Referenda of Belarus (Central Election Commission, CEC) registered Alexander Lukashenko, Anna Kanopatskaya, Andrei Dmitriyev, Sergei Cherechen and Svetlana Tikhanovskaya as candidates for the presidency of Belarus, the CEC reports on its official website. </p> <p> </p> <p> The Central Election Commission unanimously denied registration of Viktor Babariko as a presidential candidate, citing discrepancies in his declaration of income and property and involvement of a foreign organization (Belgazprombank OJSC) in the funding of his election campaign. </p> <p> </p> <p> Before the vote, Central Election Commission head Lidia Yermoshina read out a letter by the State Control Committee of Belarus, which claimed that Babariko led a criminal group engaged in money laundering and that Babariko’s incomes were transferred to bank accounts in Latvia, the UK and other countries. </p> <p> </p> <p> As reported, Babariko’s election group submitted to election commissions 367.179 signatures collected for his registration as a presidential candidate (at least 100,000 are required); 165,744 signatures were dismissed as unauthentic. </p> <p> </p> <p> Valery Tsepkalo was not registered, as only 75,249 out of 158,682 signatures collected by his group were recognized valid. Yermoshina said that the CEC made a mistake when registering members of his group, and later accepted 2,975 signatures as valid. According to the Central Election Commission, Tsepkalo’s wife did not report Priorbank shares she owns, which was considered a significant non-conformity. </p> <p> </p> <p> The CEC randomly set the dates and time of pre-election speeches to be delivered by the candidates on TV and radio, and adopted a regulation for the accreditation and activities of foreign (international) observers in the 2020 presidential election in Belarus. </p> <p> </p> <p> As reported, the presidential election in Belarus is scheduled for August 9, 2020. Early voting will begin on August 4. The vote results will be published on or before August 19. The second round, if necessary, is to be held on August 23. End </p>
2020-07-15
Primepress
Belarus’ CEC registers Lukashenko, Kanopatskaya, Dmitriyev, Cherechen and Tikhanovskaya as presidential candidates
MINSK, Jul 14 - PrimePress. On July 14, 2020, the Central Commission for Elections and Republican Referenda of Belarus (Central Election Commission, CEC) registered Alexander Lukashenko, Anna Kanopatskaya, Andrei Dmitriyev, Sergei Cherechen and Svetlana Tikhanovskaya as candidates for the presidency of Belarus, the CEC reports on its official website.
The Central Election Commission unanimously denied registration of Viktor Babariko as a presidential candidate, citing discrepancies in his declaration of income and property and involvement of a foreign organization (Belgazprombank OJSC) in the funding of his election campaign.
Before the vote, Central Election Commission head Lidia Yermoshina read out a letter by the State Control Committee of Belarus, which claimed that Babariko led a criminal group engaged in money laundering and that Babariko’s incomes were transferred to bank accounts in Latvia, the UK and other countries.
As reported, Babariko’s election group submitted to election commissions 367.179 signatures collected for his registration as a presidential candidate (at least 100,000 are required); 165,744 signatures were dismissed as unauthentic.
Valery Tsepkalo was not registered, as only 75,249 out of 158,682 signatures collected by his group were recognized valid. Yermoshina said that the CEC made a mistake when registering members of his group, and later accepted 2,975 signatures as valid. According to the Central Election Commission, Tsepkalo’s wife did not report Priorbank shares she owns, which was considered a significant non-conformity.
The CEC randomly set the dates and time of pre-election speeches to be delivered by the candidates on TV and radio, and adopted a regulation for the accreditation and activities of foreign (international) observers in the 2020 presidential election in Belarus.
As reported, the presidential election in Belarus is scheduled for August 9, 2020. Early voting will begin on August 4. The vote results will be published on or before August 19. The second round, if necessary, is to be held on August 23. End