Belarus parliament elections

CIS IPA observer: Pre-election situation in Belarus is stable
"The task of observers is not to interfere with the work of election commissions, and see how things are going at the polling stations, how the schedule for the preparations of the elections is observed,” Yuri Andreyev said...

Over 18,000 domestic observers accredited to monitor parliamentary elections in Belarus
According to the latest data, citizens nominated 1,549 people to observe the electoral events. 688 observers represent labor collectives, 1,892 - political parties (725-Communist Party of Belarus)...

Over 350 foreign observers accredited for Belarus’ parliamentary elections
The CEC has accredited 297 observers from the CIS, including 33 from the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly. The CIS election observation mission led by Sergei Lebedev was deployed to Belarus in early July...

CIS IPA observes updated on parliamentary election campaign in Belarus
Nikolai Lozovik underlined that the observers will be able to monitor the whole process of vote count in precinct election commissions...

Number of party-nominated candidates down due to careless attitude to registration documents
"Сandidates believe that they do their party a favor by consenting to stand in the elections. “They think that those people who convinced them to engage in the process should take care of all the documentation,” Lidia Yermoshina said...

Minsk Mayor welcomes active engagement from local parliamentary candidates
“We seek to make the elections as transparent as possible. Our goal is to ensure that they are independent, democratic and that the authorities do not intervene in this process,” the Minsk Mayor said...

Harstedt welcomes high competition in parliamentary elections in Belarus
"Our goal is to give a complete and objective assessment of the upcoming elections. We already see the progress in some aspects, but still a number of issues remain unsolved,” Kent Harstedt said...

Head of Belarus’ CEC comments on meeting with OSCE observer mission coordinator
“He was interested in how observers can access the vote count process. He was satisfied with the resolutions the Central Election Commission has adopted in this regard. He was satisfied with the composition of candidates, believes the number of candidates is sufficient, choice is available. He also liked the versatility of candidates — the fact that they have different political orientation”...

Belarus promises to do its best when organizing OSCE PA summer session
Vladimir Andreichenko briefed Kent Harstedt on the progress of the parliamentary campaign, noting that the pre-election campaigning has already begun. According to the Speaker, it is important that the political competition should not go beyond the legislation and should be constructive...

Heads of CIS, OSCE ODIHR election observation missions in Belarus to meet on 11 September
The CIS mission continues monitoring preparations for the electoral event, BelTA has been told. The mission’s HQ interacts with the Belarusian government agencies, which are responsible for dealing with complaints, applications, and statements concerning election legislation violations...