How the collection of signatures is going in Minsk, the chairmen of district election commissions told

In Belarus, on January 15, an important stage of the election campaign ends - the nomination of candidates for deputies. A week before this date, the chairmen of district election commissions at a briefing in the Minsk City Executive Committee told how the collection of signatures is going on in Minsk using the example of their districts and who is nominated, BELTA correspondent reports.

The Chairman of District Election Commission No. 103, Igor Timashishin, informed that ten initiative groups have been registered: three for nominating candidates for the House of Representatives, seven for nominating candidates for the Minsk City Council. In the district, seven men and three women are nominated by collecting signatures. “The average age of candidates is 46 years. Of these, eight are party members, two are non-party,” explained Igor Timashishin.

132 initiative groups in support of candidates for deputies of the Minsk City Council are registered in Minsk

One initiative group was denied registration because there was a discrepancy between the data in the documents on the candidacy of one of the group’s representatives.

The Chairman of District Election Commission No. 110, Svetlana Yurenya, spoke about the progress of the election campaign in the districts that cover part of the Partizansky and Pervomaisky districts.

“We have registered two initiative groups in support of candidates for deputies of the House of Representatives. A man and a woman, representatives of the education sector, are nominated,” said Svetlana Yurenya. “As for the elections to the Minsk City Council, in each of the districts - Volgograd No. 58, Traktorozavodskaya No. 59, Zakharovsky No. 60 - three initiative groups are registered. Four women and five men are planning to nominate, their ages range from 28 to 69 years. They represent various fields - production, trade, education." More than 100 observers are already working in Minsk during the current election campaign

In addition, among those in whose support signatures are being collected are a representative of a public association and a pensioner living in the Partizansky district. Also, documents have already been submitted to the District Election Commission No. 110 to register a candidate from one of the labor collectives. Parties are also showing activity.

Chairman of District Election Commission No. 97 Elena Karpovich noted that the election campaign is taking place in a calm manner. “There are 18 initiative groups registered in our district - 18 prospective candidates for deputies plan to be nominated by collecting signatures,” she said. “There are two district commissions in the district, and there are more than 119 thousand voters.”

The average age of citizens who want to be elected as deputies is about 40 years. “An equal number of men and women are nominated. As for the field of activity, these are both experienced managers and young workers. There are representatives of the IT sector, education and science, healthcare,” noted Elena Karpovich.

According to the Chairman of the Minsk City Election Commission, Alexander Shchekovich, a total of 20 districts have been formed in Minsk for the election of deputies to the House of Representatives and 60 districts for the election of deputies to the Minsk City Council. Nomination of candidates takes place in three ways: by registering an initiative group to collect signatures, through holding meetings of labor collectives, and by decision of the leadership of political parties.

50 initiative groups have been registered for nominating candidates for deputies of the House of Representatives and 132 for nominating candidates for deputies of the Minsk City Council. By January 15, they are required to submit all necessary documents to register candidates. The campaign phase begins on January 31.

Elections to the Minsk City Council of Deputies and the House of Representatives will be held on a single voting day - February 25.