Presidential election 2015 in Belarus

One complaint has been filed. The administration of the Zhdanovichi trading house denied one of the potential presidential candidates the permission to collect signatures on the premises of the marketplace. According to Lidia Yermoshina, the CEC cannot influence the decision as the head of a company has the right to ban the collection of nomination signatures on the premises of a company.

Judging by the information we receive from members of the initiative groups, the conditions for collecting the signatures are comfortable, Lidia Yermoshina said.

As was reported, the Central Election Commission of Belarus completed the registration of initiative groups to nominate candidates for the post of the President. The CEC approved the registration of eight initiative groups, i.e. of Alexander Lukashenko, Sergei Kalyakin, Sergei Gaidukevich, Viktor Tereshchenko, Nikolai Ulakhovich, Zhanna Romanovskaya, Tatiana Korotkevich and Anatoly Lebedko.

At least 100,000 signatures are needed for a candidate to get registered. Belarus citizens are free to give their signatures to several candidates, however, they can give their signatures to a specific candidate only once.