People were admitted to sitting on formation of constituency election commissions of Vitsebsk region according to special list
As a result, a member of the “Fair World” Anatol
Rodzik and a participant of the latest presidential election campaign Uladzimir
Pravalski didn’t manage to get to the joint sitting of the Vitsebsk Region
Executive Committee and the Vitsebsk Region Council, though both of them were
nominated to constituency election commissions.
“I had a list with 12 signatures of electors in my support”, said Anatol
Rodzik. “However, an officer of the department of organizational and personnel
work of the Vitsebsk Region Executive Committee Leanid Darafeyenka stated the
he wouldn’t accept this paper and wouldn’t include me in the list of the people
who were invited to the sitting. However, such lists are illegal, as our
elections are open and I have the right to observe the process of nomination. Darafeyenka
said that according to the regime of its work, the executive committee has the
right to compose restrictive lists. “Do you think that the authorities have no
right to it? Are you going to control the power?,” – that’s what he said. I
think that my political rights have been violated,” commented Anatol Rodzik.
He also told about the incident with Uladzimir Pravalski, a Vitsebsk
entrepreneur who was going to take part in the last presidential election
campaign, but wasn’t registered as a candidate by the Central Election
Commission:
“Pravalski wasn’t let in and demanded that police be called to register the
fact of violation of his right. However, the police refused to compose any
documents, telling that nobody swore at him or beat him, that’s why his rights
weren’t violated.”
The executive committee decided to invite to the process of nomination only one
representative from each party or NGO. Mikalai Selivashka was invited as a
representative of the Belarusian Leftist Party “Fair World”. “I can’t
understand what was the problem was. There were enough seats in the hall… What
secrets can be there?,” asked Mr. Selivashka.
At the official website of the Vitsebsk Region Executive Committee it was
written that “representatives of political parties and other structures” had
the right to attend the joint sitting without any limitations. At the same time
it was written there that “direction of observers to the sitting is not
provided for”. It wasn’t explained what people were regarded as “observers”.
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