CEC: Seven people are running to become candidates for President of Belarus

Seven people are claiming to be candidates for President of the Republic of Belarus. This was announced to journalists by the Chairman of the Central Election Commission Igor Karpenko, as reported by a BELTA correspondent.

"In total, 11 applications were submitted to the Central Election Commission. We registered 7 initiative groups. Four were denied for various reasons. An incomplete package of documents was provided. In addition, some had fewer members in their initiative group than provided for by law, after verifying the authenticity of the submitted information," Igor Karpenko noted. "There were some cases where deceased citizens were included. There were citizens with inaccurate data in their surnames and passport details. For one of the contenders, firstly, the list was not very large - 115 surnames, and when 39 were rejected, in this case, registration could not take place."

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"Therefore, of course, one must prepare in advance and very seriously, scrupulously, and attentively approach the compilation of the list of members of the initiative group. Because in accordance with this list, we issue a certificate. And the certificate is the basis for collecting signatures, certifying these signatures in signature sheets, and submitting these signatures to the relevant commission in the localities by region, by oblast. In one case, representatives were not presented for each district, only for the oblasts were presented, - clarified the head of the CEC. - Either they misunderstood the requirements, or perhaps they were negligent about something. Perhaps they decided to check how attentive the CEC is to these issues. We are attentive."

The next stage of the election campaign - the collection of signatures in support of the nomination of candidates for President - will begin on November 7 and will end on December 6, 2024. Registered initiative groups must collect at least 100,000 signatures.

The presidential election in Belarus is scheduled for January 26, 2025.