Public associations showed greater activity in the formation of election commissions compared to political parties
According to official data, a total of 1792 people have been included in the commissions, or 98.9% of the nominated candidates. The greatest activity at this stage was shown by citizens (910 members, or almost 51%, will work in the territorial election commissions from among those nominated by them) and public associations (683, or 38.1%). The share of representatives of labor collectives in the territorial election commissions exceeded 11% (199 people).
At the same time, the activity of political parties is still not very noticeable. In total, 15 party activists have been included in the commissions, or about 1%, including 9 members of the CCPB, 3 from the Republican Party of Labor and Justice, 2 from the LDP, and 1 from the United Civil Party.
As for public associations, the largest number of representatives included in the commissions are from the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus (327 people, or 18.2% of the total number), "Belaya Rus" (92, or 5.1%), the Belarusian Public Association of Veterans (88, or 5%), the Belarusian Women's Union (73, or 4.1%), and the BRSM (57, or 3.2%).
We remind you that during the elections on February 18, voters in the Vitebsk region need to form regional, 21 district, 5 city, 194 rural and town councils.