The formation of precinct election commissions began today in the Vitebsk region

August 7, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. The formation of precinct election commissions began today 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. The formation of commissions will take place at meetings of city, district executive committees and administrations of the city of Vitebsk. In accordance with Article 34 of the Electoral Code of the Republic of Belarus, representatives of political parties, other public associations, labor collectives, citizens who nominated their representatives to the commission, and media representatives have the right to attend these meetings, Leonid Dorofeenko recalled. The formation of commissions will take place in the region during August 7-8. More than 11.9 thousand representatives of labor collectives, parties, public associations, and citizens applied to work in the precinct election commissions. Among the parties, the Communist Party of Belarus nominated the largest number of its members - 95 people. The Belarusian Left Party "A Just World" would like to see 42 of its representatives in the precinct election commissions. 30 people were delegated from the Republican Party of Labor and Justice, 25 members from the Belarusian People's Front party, and one representative from the Belarusian Agrarian Party. The quantitative composition of the commissions in the Vitebsk region will be formed based on the number of voters in the precinct, and will consist, as provided for by law, of 5 to 19 people. The main selection criteria will be the business qualities of the candidates, knowledge of the laws, and authority among voters, Leonid Dorofeenko emphasized. At least one-third of the composition will be formed from representatives of political parties and other public associations. Judges, prosecutors, and heads of local executive and administrative bodies will not be included in the commissions. The number of civil servants in the commission is also regulated and cannot exceed one-third of the members. In the Vitebsk region, 898 polling stations will operate in the upcoming elections, including 48 in hospitals and inpatient medical and preventive institutions, and two in military units. The main voting day for the parliamentary elections in Belarus is September 23, 2012.