The election of delegates to the All-Belarusian People's Assembly took place in Vitebsk

The nomination of participants for the V All-Belarusian People's Assembly took place yesterday in Vitebsk.

The election of participants for the upcoming people's assembly was held in the "Vitebsk" Concert Hall with the attendance of 750 authorized representatives of labor collectives and public organizations. They voted to elect 109 delegates from Vitebsk to the V All-Belarusian People's Assembly.

"The Vitebsk city and three district organizing committees have done a great job in determining the composition and electing authorized representatives. In the labor collectives of Vitebsk, 281 meetings and 44 conferences were held, with over 63.3 thousand people participating," noted Vladimir Belevich, Chairman of the city organizing committee for the preparation of the V All-Belarusian People's Assembly and Chairman of the City Council of Deputies, as he opened the event.

He emphasized the special responsibility of the delegates who will discuss and determine the country's development plan for the next five-year period at a high level, including priority areas for Vitebsk. Also today, meetings of authorized representatives were held to elect participants for the upcoming people's assembly in 8 more districts of the region: Vitebsk, Glubokskoye, Lepel, Orsha, Postavy, Rossony, Chashniki, and Shumilino. The nomination of candidates, the most worthy, the best of the best representatives of districts and cities who will represent the Vitebsk region at the All-Belarusian People's Assembly, will be completed on May 19. A total of 350 people will be elected from the region.

As reported by BELTA, Decree No. 164 "On the convocation of the fifth All-Belarusian People's Assembly" was signed on May 3. The forum will be held on June 22-23 in Minsk. The assembly is convened to implement the constitutional right of citizens to participate in the discussion of issues of state and public life. It will consider the implementation of the Program for Socio-Economic Development of the Republic of Belarus for 2011-2015 and the main provisions of the Program for Socio-Economic Development of the Country for 2016-2020. The decree establishes the number of participants in the assembly at 2.5 thousand people, and also defines the most important organizational measures for the preparation and holding of the assembly.

Ekaterina Knyazeva - BELTA.