The results of the signature verification in support of potential presidential candidates have been summarized in the Vitebsk region

November 10, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. The verification of the authenticity of signatures collected in the Vitebsk region in support of the nomination of presidential candidates in Belarus was carried out in strict accordance with the electoral code. This was stated today at a meeting of the regional territorial election commission by Vyacheslav Kryukovsky, BELTA correspondent reports. All documents from territorial commissions on the results of signature verification in signature sheets submitted to the regional election commission comply with electoral legislation. The largest number of signatures was collected in support of the nomination for the post of President by the current head of state Alexander Lukashenko. He was supported by almost 221 thousand residents of the region. In support of Grigory Kostusev, 13241 signatures were recognized as authentic, Alexei Michalewicz - 13686, Vladimir Neklyayev - 30077, Yaroslav Romanchuk - 9995, Vitaly Rimashevsky - 11724, Andrei Sannikov - 4547, Nikolai Statkevich - 25740, Viktor Tereshchenko - 8134, Dmitry Us - 24615. The chairman of the regional election commission noted that the initiative groups of some contenders made serious miscalculations and significant violations of the current legislation. Thus, signatures in support of Viktor Tereshchenko, collected in 12 districts of the region, were not taken into account, as during the verification, the total number of unreliable signatures in these districts amounted to more than 15% of the total number of verified signatures in the signature sheets. Signatures collected in a number of districts in support of Grigory Kostusev, Alexei Michalewicz, Vladimir Neklyayev, Vitaly Rimashevsky, Dmitry Us were also not taken into account. Following the meeting, the regional election commission instructed the territorial commissions, where significant violations of the law were found during the verification of the authenticity of signatures, to transfer the materials for verification to the prosecutor's office. "First of all, we are talking about facts of signature falsification and voter deception," emphasized Vyacheslav Kryukovsky. -0-