Belarus parliament elections

Unhindered campaigning named key achievement of Belarusian parliament elections
She also took note of an increased number of candidates, including party members, as another positive change. As a result, voters were given an alternative. Moreover, the election campaign is getting more open...

OSCE ODIHR report on Belarusian parliament elections described as quite balanced
Speaking about possible liberalization of Belarusian election laws in the future, Lidia Yermoshina noted that the Central Election Commission already has a number of proposals that will be systematized after the OSCE ODIHR delivers the final report on the Belarusian parliament elections...

Belarus’ CEC votes in favor of registering newly elected MPs
Members of the Commission passed the relevant resolution to register the MPs, who were elected by Belarus citizens in 110 constituencies on 11 September. The Central Election Commission also passed the relevant resolution to register the elected members of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus...

Yermoshina: Belarus needs a class of professional politicians
The chairperson of the Central Election Commission believes that the results of the parliamentary elections should promote the self-sufficiency of candidates and political parties, ensure a possible transition to the proportional representation system or the mixed-member proportional representation system...

Yermoshina: The 2016 parliamentary elections have become one of the best campaigns in the country
“I think the campaign was satisfactory. Moreover, it has become one of the best election campaigns ever held in the country. First of all, it was the liveliest of all. Secondly, it featured a shift from a budgetary to a commercial event,” said Lidia Yermoshina...

OSCE/ODIHR to issue final report on Belarus elections in November
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will present its report at a meeting of the Standing Committee in Skopje (Macedonia) on 1 October, and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe at its fourth session in Strasbourg (France) on 10 October...

OSCE notes improvements in vote count procedure in Belarus
The OSCE representative reminded that Belarus’ Central Election Commission (CEC) had prepared guidelines on how the vote count procedure should be arranged so that observers could monitor the process. “The instructions are indeed rather clearly worded. We’ve seen them,” added the OSCE representative...

PACE: Voting at Belarus parliamentary elections was calm and well-organized
“During the elections on 11 September we sent eight groups of observers to Minsk and its suburbs, Vitebsk Oblast. Our observers noted that the voting was calm and well-organized,” head of the PACE delegation Gisela Wurm told a press conference...

OSCE notes progress in several aspects of Belarusian elections
Kent Harstedt said: “As part of our observation we have found out that there is progress in some cases. The situation remains unchanged in other areas.” In particular, in his opinion, it is necessary to improve the registration of voters during voting at polling stations and appoint more representatives of the opposition to election commissions...

OSCE observers thank Belarus for invitation to monitor elections, favorable working conditions
Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission Cayetana De Zulueta Owtram thanked Belarus for the invitation and the favorable working conditions...