Campaign headquarters of Babariko, Tsepkalo and Tikhanovskaya decide to get united
<p> MINSK, Jul 16 - PrimePress. Following a meeting of the campaign headquarters of the presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and the election campaign teams of the unregistered candidates Valeri Tsepkalo and Viktor Babariko it was announced that the three teams would join forces. A message to this effect was posted on July 16 on the Telegram channel of Viktor Babariko’s campaign headquarters. </p> <p> </p> <p> The message says that the joint team plans to urge everyone to participate in the presidential elections on August 9, as well as to demand from the Belarusian authorities to release all political and economic prisoners. </p> <p> </p> <p> They also plan to inform voters about the need to protect their votes in different ways and to encourage them to participate in fair election initiatives. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, July 14, 2020, On July 14, 2020, the Central Commission for Elections and Republican Referenda of Belarus (Central Election Commission, CEC) decided to register five persons as candidates for Belarus’ presidency. The CEC chose to register Andrei Dmitriyev, Anna Kanopatskaya, Alexander Lukashenko, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and Sergei Cherechen. Viktor Babariko and Valeri Tsepkalo were denied registration. </p> <p> </p> <p> The presidential election is scheduled for August 9, early voting will begin on August 4. The Central Election Commission is to sum up the election results by August 19 at the latest. The second round, if necessary, should be held on August 23. End </p>
2020-07-17
Primepress
MINSK, Jul 16 - PrimePress. Following a meeting of the campaign headquarters of the presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and the election campaign teams of the unregistered candidates Valeri Tsepkalo and Viktor Babariko it was announced that the three teams would join forces. A message to this effect was posted on July 16 on the Telegram channel of Viktor Babariko’s campaign headquarters.
The message says that the joint team plans to urge everyone to participate in the presidential elections on August 9, as well as to demand from the Belarusian authorities to release all political and economic prisoners.
They also plan to inform voters about the need to protect their votes in different ways and to encourage them to participate in fair election initiatives.
As previously reported, July 14, 2020, On July 14, 2020, the Central Commission for Elections and Republican Referenda of Belarus (Central Election Commission, CEC) decided to register five persons as candidates for Belarus’ presidency. The CEC chose to register Andrei Dmitriyev, Anna Kanopatskaya, Alexander Lukashenko, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and Sergei Cherechen. Viktor Babariko and Valeri Tsepkalo were denied registration.
The presidential election is scheduled for August 9, early voting will begin on August 4. The Central Election Commission is to sum up the election results by August 19 at the latest. The second round, if necessary, should be held on August 23. End