The Vitebsk Regional Commissions received 46 applications for the registration of initiative groups

As of 5 p.m. on July 7, the district election commissions of the Vitebsk region have received 46 applications for the registration of initiative groups of citizens to collect voter signatures in support of individuals proposed for nomination as deputies of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus of the sixth convocation, the regional election commission reported.

District election commissions are completing the acceptance of documents for the registration of initiative groups today. 46 applications have already been received, and 35 initiative groups have successfully passed registration. Election commissions are given another 5 days to review the documents. After this period, the exact number of initiative groups that have successfully passed registration and will be able to collect citizens' signatures in support of the nomination of their candidates will be known.

Currently, the largest number of initiative groups are registered in the Vitebsk-Chkalovsky Electoral District No. 18 - there are 7 of them. In two districts (Dokshitsky No. 22 and Postavsky No. 29), no initiative groups have been registered yet. As for the individuals in whose support signatures will be collected, 20 out of 35 individuals whose initiative groups have passed registration are non-party members. Five potential candidates represent the Belarusian Left Party "A Just World", four represent the BPF Party, two each represent the Liberal Democratic Party and the United Civic Party, and one candidate each represents the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada) and the Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Hramada".

Alena Tikhonova - BELTA.