Belarus parliament elections

Opinion: Parliamentary elections have a direct impact on the society’s development
The FTUB Chairman believes as necessary to take an active part in the forthcoming elections to the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus of the sixth convocation...

Membership of council to monitor election campaigning in Belarusian media approved
“The council is not authorized to make any binding decisions. This is an observation and consultative body facilitating CEC’s work,” CEC Chairperson Lidia Yermoshina noted...

Candidates standing for Belarus Parliament to submit election programs by 21 August
Election programs will be published in national newspapers such as Zvyazda, Respublika, regional newspapers and in Vecherny Minsk newspaper. With regard to television and radio, candidates nominated in Minsk will be offered airtime on Belarus 3 TV Channel and Radio Minsk. Five minutes of television and radio airtime will be provided to candidates...

Digital signatures expected to simplify voting for Belarusians abroad
According to the head of the Belarusian election organization agency, the ability of Belarusians, who live abroad, to cast votes by email directly depends on the availability of digital signatures...

Swedish MPs briefed on Belarus parliament elections
"An increase in the number of female MPs was mentioned. Representatives of the Swedish side noted that there were quite few female candidates for parliamentary seats during elections in the 1990s but now Belarus is actively progressing in this regard"...

Belaya Rus in favor of making vote count more transparent
"We also believe that a person who wants to be elected to the parliament should have the right to open a bank account once the initiative group is registered. Restrictions on venues for campaign events should be reduced,” the head of Belaya Rus said...

Lebedev to lead CIS observation mission at parliamentary elections in Belarus
“We will maintain close contact with all government agencies in Belarus responsible for the conduct of the elections,” the head of the mission noted. We have always received a nice open welcome and got assistance in implementing the objectives of the CIS observation mission,” Sergei Lebedev informed...

Belarus names inter-parliamentary organizations for 11 September election observation
The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already suggested the OSCE/ODIHR and the CIS Executive Committee to send their observers to Belarus. According to Vladimir Andreichenko, this year invitations to observe the parliamentary election in the country will be sent to the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Belarus-Russia Union State, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, and the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly...

Belarusian election officials told to make no fuss about international observation
“We should work primarily for the benefit of Belarusian voters and act in accordance with our election legislation which is quite good. As for observers, the main thing is that we invite international monitors and cooperate with them"...

Yermoshina: Parliament should train high-level policy makers
“The person should reach the pinnacle in his profession, get an experience to be a university rector, minister, deputy minister, governor and so on”...