Ten chairpersons of the Central Election Commissions of the CIS, Baltic states, and Georgia will arrive in Belarus to monitor the elections, stated Chairperson of the Central Election Commission Lidiya Yarmoshyna to journalists, as reported by a BELTA correspondent.
Ten chairpersons of the Central Election Commissions of the CIS, Baltic states, and Georgia will arrive in Belarus to monitor the elections, stated Chairperson of the Central Election Commission Lidiya Yarmoshyna to journalists, as reported by a BELTA correspondent.
"Ten chairpersons of the central election commissions of the CIS, Baltic states, and Georgia will come to us for the elections," informed Lidiya Yarmoshyna.
She explained that the chairpersons of the central election commissions of Turkmenistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Georgia, Moldova, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Latvia, and Armenia will arrive in Belarus. In addition, a member of the Central Election Commission of Armenia, a member of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine with an assistant, and the deputy chairperson of the Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan will arrive to monitor the elections.
Lidiya Yarmoshyna noted that currently, Belarusian citizens are engaged in monitoring the elections; 28,578 national observers have already been accredited. The largest representation is from public associations, with over 19,000 observers. Political parties also have a significant representation, and a considerable number of citizens have registered by submitting applications.
Regarding the number of international observers, Lidiya Yarmoshyna reported that 823 have been accredited to date. Of these, 340 are from the OSCE/ODIHR, and 68 are from the OSCE PA. "In essence, this is one organisation; they will produce a single conclusion following the elections," she remarked. Electoral bodies of foreign states have accredited 19 observers, the CIS has accredited 379 (including 42 from the CIS IPA). The PACE has accredited 9 observers. Additionally, 8 so-called independent observers are present.
Throughout the entire election campaign, 316 appeals were received by local representative bodies and territorial commissions, with the largest number (240) directed to the Central Election Commission of Belarus. The remaining appeals were sent to local executive and administrative bodies and territorial commissions. "As a rule, all that was received by local executive bodies were not complaints, but rather appeals and notifications about mass events," explained Lidiya Yarmoshyna.