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Aug. 5, 2004
BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION COMPLAINS ABOUT UNDER-REPRESENTATION ON ELECTION COMMISSIONS

The opposition Belarusian Popular Front (BNF) has said in a statement that the recently completed formation of district election commissions for the 17 October parliamentary elections "revealed the current Belarusian authorities' reluctance to abide by generally established democratic procedures in preparing and conducting elections," Belapan reported on 4 August. "[The authorities want] to escape from any control over the commissions' operation on the part of the politically active and democratic-minded social group," the BNF added. Central Election Commission Secretary Mikalay Lazavik revealed on 4 August that Belarusian political parties received slightly more than 7 percent of the 1,430 seats on the 110 district election commissions. In particular, the pro-government Communist Party of Belarus got 37 seats, the Liberal Democratic Party 27 seats, the opposition Belarusian Party of Communists 19 seats, the opposition United Civic Party five seats, and the BNF one seat.


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Aug. 5, 2004BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION COMPLAINS ABOUT UNDER-REPRESENTATION ON ELECTION COMMISSIONS

Aug. 5, 2004
BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION COMPLAINS ABOUT UNDER-REPRESENTATION ON ELECTION COMMISSIONS