Four citizens of the Russian Federation became members of territorial election commissions in the Vitebsk region

February 1, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Citizens of the Russian Federation have been included in the territorial election commissions for the elections to local Councils of Deputies, the deputy head of the organizational and personnel work department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Leonid Dorofeyenko, told a BELTA correspondent. In accordance with Belarusian legislation, Russian citizens can be nominated and elected as deputies of local councils, and can also be included in election commissions, Leonid Dorofeyenko recalled. In the elections of deputies of local councils of the 26th convocation, Russians will work as part of district and three rural commissions. In the Vitebsk region, 240 territorial election commissions have been established for the elections, including 1 regional, 21 district, 7 city, 12 town, and 199 rural commissions. 1986 people will work in their composition, with the majority of them (78%) being women, and every tenth commission member is under 30 years old. The representation of civil servants is less than 10%. Almost 45% of commission members were nominated by citizens by submitting applications, about 37% were nominated by parties and other public associations. Trade unions showed the greatest activity in this regard: every fifth member of the territorial commissions represents the largest public association in the country. Commission members also include members of the Party of Left "A Just World", the Communist Party of Belarus, the Social Democratic Party (Hramada), the Liberal Democratic Party, the United Civil Party, and the Republican Party of Labor and Justice. -0-