Elections-2020: Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee Nikolai Sherstnev voted at a polling station in the House of Culture of the Vitebsk State Academy of Veterinary Medicine

The head of the region arrived at the polling station in the House of Culture of the Vitebsk State Academy of Veterinary Medicine early in the morning and was the fourth to vote (the first were two students of the academy and a local resident). Nikolai Sherstnev talked with the students at the polling station and congratulated them on participating in the presidential elections.

"When choosing a candidate, I was guided by the main criterion that the country is calm and peaceful. Everything else is secondary: one can live a little worse or better, it mainly depends on us. But peace in Belarus is the foundation. We know the price of peace: every third person died, I would not want this to happen again," said Nikolai Sherstnev and expressed hope that the residents of the region will make a balanced choice.

The Chairman of the Regional Executive Committee came to vote in the morning because there is still work ahead. "The governor has no days off. We need to go to the districts, see how the harvesting is going, there are many other issues," added Nikolai Sherstnev.

In the Vitebsk region, 750 polling stations started their work today. All of them have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the legislation and are equipped with 3411 ballot boxes, of which 904 stationary ones are transparent, 730 are intended for early voting, and 429 are intended for voting at the voter's location.

About 5.1 thousand accredited observers will monitor the elections directly at the polling stations in the region today. The updated voter lists for the Vitebsk region include over 848 thousand people.

BELTA. Photos by BELTA and "SB".