Representatives of parties and public associations made up 47.8% of the members of district election commissions in the Vitebsk region

July 9, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Representatives of political parties and public associations constitute 47.8% of the members of the district election commissions for the elections of deputies to the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus of the fifth convocation in the Vitebsk region. The personal composition of the commissions was approved today at a joint meeting of the presidium of the Vitebsk Regional Council of Deputies and the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, BELTA correspondent reports. 14 district commissions will operate in the region, with 13 members each. Along with party members and members of public organizations, representatives of labor collectives and citizens who submitted applications were included in the commissions. Their share in the total number of commission members is 14.3% and 37.9%, respectively. 87 candidates from political parties and public associations were included in the commissions, including 17 from parties. The Communist Party of Belarus is represented by nine people, the Belarusian Party of Leftists "A Just World" by four, the Republican Party of Labor and Justice and the Belarusian People's Front by two each. Of the eight public associations whose representatives were included in the commissions, the largest membership is held by the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus and the Public Association "Belaya Rus". The share of civil servants in the total number of members of the district election commissions is 10.4%. As Vladimir Terentyev noted, 243 people applied for membership in the district election commissions. "When forming the commissions, the business qualities of the candidates and their experience in election commissions were taken into account so that the work of the commissions would be carried out in strict accordance with the legislation," emphasized Vladimir Terentyev. The personal composition of the district election commissions will be published in the local media within the next few days. The first meetings of the commissions, at which chairmen, deputy chairmen and responsible secretaries will be elected, will be held no later than July 11. -0-