Representatives of 20 public associations and parties will work in election commissions in the Vitebsk region

November 4, Vitebsk / Sergei Kotovets - BELTA /. Representatives of 15 public associations and five political parties will work in the precinct election commissions in the Vitebsk region, the formation of which was completed on November 3. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the organizational and personnel work department of the regional executive committee. In total, 911 precinct commissions have started work in the region, with a total staff of 11,458 people, of whom 4,709 citizens, or 41.1%, represent public associations and political parties. In addition, 4,009 citizens nominated by application are included in the commissions, which is 35% of the total number, and another 2,740 commission members, or 23.9%, were nominated by work collectives. The largest representation in the commissions is held by the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus (1,885 commission members), the Belarusian Republican Youth Union (647), the Belarusian Women's Union (588), the Belarusian Public Association of Veterans (493), as well as the public association "Belaya Rus", the Belarusian Red Cross Society, the Belarusian Officers' Union, the Belarusian Union of War Veterans of Afghanistan, the Vitebsk Public Association "Self-Government and Society", the public association of large families "Family" of the Verkhnedvinsk district, etc. are represented in the commissions. Representatives of five political parties will work in the precinct commissions, including the Communist Party of Belarus (130 commission members), the Belarusian Party of Leftists "A Just World" (18), the Republican Party of Labor and Justice (11), the United Civil Party (3), and the Belarusian Agrarian Party (1). Almost 68% of the total number of members of precinct election commissions are women. Citizens under 30 years of age account for 13.5% of the commission members, and 3.7% of the total number of commission members are civil servants. In accordance with the Electoral Code, the number of members of precinct commissions ranges from 5 to 19 people. -0-