34 party nominees have submitted documents for registration as candidates for deputies in the Vitebsk region

August 14, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. 61 citizens have expressed their desire to become candidates for deputies of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus of the fifth convocation from 14 electoral districts located in the Vitebsk region, the deputy head of the organizational and personnel work department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Leonid Dorofeenko, told a BELTA correspondent. According to the calendar plan for the preparation and holding of elections of deputies of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus of the fifth convocation, the deadline for nominating candidates for seats in the lower house of parliament expired on August 13. Political parties, work collectives, and voters by collecting signatures could nominate their candidates for deputy mandates. 34 nominees from parties submitted documents to the district election commissions. The Liberal Democratic Party nominated 14 members, the Belarusian Left Party "A Just World" would like to see five of its representatives as candidates for deputies, the United Civil Party, the BPF Party, and the Republican Party of Labor and Justice nominated four candidates each, the KPB - two, the Party "Belarusian Social Democratic Hramada" - one. 13 citizens decided to run for candidates by collecting voters' signatures, and another 14 were nominated by voters through signature collection and by work collectives simultaneously. Among the candidates for deputies from the districts of the Vitebsk region are the Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus of the fourth convocation Vladimir Andreichenko, the bronze medalist of the Beijing Olympics Vadim Devyatovsky, and the political observer of the ONT channel Alexey Mikhalchenko. District election commissions will begin registering candidates for deputies today. The procedure will last until August 23 inclusive. Election campaigning in Belarus will start from the day of registration of candidates for deputies and will continue until September 22 inclusive. The main voting day is scheduled for September 23. -0-