ELECTIONS-2016: 48 initiative groups for collecting voter signatures registered in the Vitebsk region

In the Vitebsk region, 48 initiative groups of citizens have been registered to collect voter signatures in support of individuals proposed for nomination as deputies of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the sixth convocation, the regional election commission reported.

In the Vitebsk region, all 48 initiative groups that submitted applications to the election commissions and intend to collect citizens' signatures in support of their nominees have successfully passed registration. The number of initiative groups registered in the district commissions varies from 7 to 1 (7 initiative groups each in the Vitebsk-Chkalovsky No. 18 and Vitebsk-Zheleznodorozhny No. 19 electoral districts). As for the individuals in whose support signatures will be collected, 27 (56.3%) out of 48 individuals whose initiative groups have passed registration are non-partisan. Seven nominees are representatives of the BNF party, five are from the Belarusian Left Party "A Just World", four are from the United Civil Party, three are from the Liberal Democratic Party, and one nominee each represents the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada) and the Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Hramada". In the Vitebsk region, 14 district and one regional territorial election commission have been formed. They comprise 195 people, including representatives of public associations, political parties, work collectives, and citizens. Elections of deputies to the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the sixth convocation will be held in Belarus on September 11.

Alena Tikhonova - BELTA.