MINSK, 29 September (BelTA) - Ten CEC chairpersons from the CIS countries, Baltic states and Georgia will come to Belarus to monitor the election, Chairperson of the Central Election Commission Lidia Yermoshina told reporters, BelTA has learned.
"Ten chairpersons of the central election commissions of the CIS countries, Baltic states and Georgia will come to Belarus to monitor the election," informed Lidia Yermoshina.
Belarus will host the CEC chairpersons of Turkmenistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Georgia, Moldova, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Latvia, and Armenia, and also members of Armenia and Ukraine central election commissions and Deputy Chairman of Kyrgyzstan CEC.
Lidia Yermoshina noted that at present the election campaign is observed by citizens of Belarus. 28,578 national observers have already been accredited. Of them over 19,000 represent public associations. Impressive is the representation from the political parties. A lot of citizens got registered by means of filing an application, she informed.
When speaking about international observers, Lidia Yermoshina stated that 823 of them have been accredited so far. 340 of them represent the OSCE/ODIHR, 68 are from the OSCE PA. “In fact, this is one organization. They will issue one finding after the election,” she said. Nineteen observers represented the election authorities of foreign states, 379 the CIS (of them 42 represent the CIS IPA). The Council of Europe PA sent 9 observers. Eight people are so-called independent observers.
Since the election campaign was launched, the local bodies and territorial commissions have received 316 addresses. The Central Election Commission has received the largest number (240). The rest have been sent to local executive and administrative bodies and territorial commissions. "Generally, everything that was sent to the local authorities was not complaints but addresses, notifications of holding mass events,” Lidia Yermoshina said.
Indoor venues have been allocated for a total of 558 campaign events. As of 28 September, an estimated 295 applications were submitted and a total of 426 events were held. 96 applications were submitted to hold 2,326 open-air campaign events (mainly pre-election rallies). Of them only 184 events were held.
