Presidential election 2015 in Belarus
Lukashenko’s initiative group collects over 100,000 signatures
MINSK, 31 July (BelTA) – The initiative group to nominate Alexander Lukashenko as a candidate for the 2015 presidential election in Belarus has already submitted more than 100,000 signatures to the territorial election commissions, Chairperson of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus Lidia Yermoshina said in her video address at the website vybory2015.by, BelTA informs.
“The collection of nomination signatures is currently in full swing. Initiative groups work independently and report to no one including the Central Election Commission. However, we have information that two groups have already submitted a part of signature sheets to the territorial election commissions. I can say that over 100,000 signatures have been submitted to support the nomination of Alexander Lukashenko as the presidential candidate and more than 500 signatures have been received in support of Anatoly Lebedko,” Lidia Yermoshina said.
The Central Election Commission of Belarus registered eight initiative groups to nominate Alexander Lukashenko, Sergei Kalyakin, Sergei Gaidukevich, Viktor Tereshchenko, Nikolai Ulakhovich, Zhanna Romanovskaya, Tatiana Korotkevich and Anatoly Lebedko. In order to be nominated as a presidential candidate they are required to collect at least 100,000 valid support signatures from voters. Voters can put their signatures in support of several potential candidates and sign only sign for a specific candidate.
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