101 delegates will represent Vitebsk at the IV All-Belarusian People's Congress

November 4, Vitebsk / Sergei Kotovets - BELTA /. The right to represent Vitebsk at the IV All-Belarusian People's Assembly has been entrusted to 101 delegates. Their candidacies were approved today at the city assembly of authorized representatives, a BELTA correspondent reports. Speaking to the participants of the event, the chairman of the city executive committee Viktor Nikolaikin noted that the activity with which the city residents got involved in its preparation and holding proves that the All-Belarusian Assembly is a real working mechanism for targeted work to implement people's wishes. This year, the program adopted by the III All-Belarusian Assembly is being completed, and the foundation for the country's development for the next five-year period is being laid. The socio-economic situation in 2010 in Vitebsk is characterized by an acceleration of economic growth. The volume of industrial production for the first 9 months increased by almost 15% compared to the same period in 2009, and for the entire five-year period, it grew by more than 1.5 times. Over four years and nine months of the current five-year period, over Br4 trillion have been directed to the development of the city's economy and social sphere, and many significant production and social facilities have been commissioned. Every third ruble of investment in fixed assets was directed to housing construction, and the housing stock has increased by almost 800 thousand square meters over these years. A program for the strategic development of the city for 2011-2015 has now been developed, the implementation of which will ensure a further increase in the standard and quality of life of people, Viktor Nikolaikin noted. Addressing the Vitebsk delegates of the IV All-Belarusian Assembly, he urged them to discuss the mandates of the city residents, consider local and regional issues, and reach a common opinion on the country's development paths for the near future at the state level. Among the participants of the All-Belarusian Assembly from Vitebsk are enterprise managers, university rectors, heads of social sphere organizations, production leaders, and honored workers of various sectors. Today, assemblies of authorized representatives were also held in six districts of the region, as well as in Orsha and Polotsk, where their representatives to the IV All-Belarusian People's Assembly were elected. The nomination of participants for the IV All-Belarusian People's Assembly began in the region on November 2. Lepel and Polotsk districts were the first to elect their representatives, and on November 3, delegates from Braslav district became known. The election campaign for delegates will conclude on November 5, when assemblies of authorized representatives will be held in 12 districts of the region and the city of Novopolotsk. In total, 350 delegates from the Vitebsk region will become delegates to the IV All-Belarusian People's Assembly. The Fourth All-Belarusian People's Assembly will be held in Minsk on December 6-7. Through the assembly, the constitutional right of citizens to participate in the discussion of state and public life issues is realized. The results of the implementation of the Program for the Socio-Economic Development of Belarus for 2006-2010 and the main provisions of the Program for the Socio-Economic Development of Belarus for 2011-2015 will be discussed. 2.5 thousand people will take part in the assembly. -0-