Belarus parliament elections

Belarus president reveals what officials will keep their positions after elections
“I know that many of you and some other officials are concerned about who will keep their jobs after the elections. Let me answer the question publicly: those, who work today and execute forecasts and plans, those, who benefit the country, will naturally keep their jobs”...

Lukashenko expects new parliament to represent all strata of Belarusian society
Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “The future parliament should be better than the current one. If it is as good or worse, it will indicate lack of progress. This is why – I beg your pardon – better people should come. When necessary, these people should lead the republic forward”...

Belarusian MPs eager to work harder to leave little 'homework' for new members
Vladimir Andreichenko added that MPs would focus on the draft national budget for 2020. “We will do our best to pass the national budget 2020 before the new parliament is elected,” he said. budget 2020 before the new parliament is elected,” he said...

Lukashenko pledges parliamentary elections in Belarus to meet world standards
“The beginning of your mission here coincides with an important political event in the country - the upcoming parliamentary elections. You will see for yourself that the election campaign is held in strict accordance with the national legislation and the requirements of the generally accepted international standards,” said Aleksandr Lukashenko addressing the diplomats...

Belarus’ CEC predicts big number of candidates at 2019 parliamentary elections
According to the CEC head, many initiative groups have been registered in the country to collect signatures in support for candidates to the Belarusian government. The data on the initiative groups are regularly updated...

Belarus’ parliamentary elections 2019: Over 200 initiative groups to collect support signatures
The biggest number of initiative groups has been registered in Minsk – 81. A total of 35 and 25 initiative groups have been registered in Minsk Oblast and Vitebsk Oblast respectively...

Nomination of candidates to Belarus’ upper house to kick off on 9 September
The right to nominate candidates to the Council of the Republic belongs to the presidiums of base-level local councils of deputies and the corresponding executive committees, and to the presidium of Minsk City Council and Minsk City Hall in the Belarusian capital...

Nomination of candidates to Belarus’ House of Representatives launched
Eligible voters who are 21 years old by election day, have no criminal record and have permanent residence in Belarus may stand for election. A candidate may be nominated through the collection of signatures, by a political party or a labor collective...

About 400 CIS observers to monitor parliamentary elections in Belarus
Chairwoman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus Lidia Yermoshina presented an international observer certificate to Sergei Lebedev on 4 September...

OSCE ODIHR mission evaluating preparations for parliamentary elections in Belarus
“They asked what resolutions the Central Election Commission had passed, wondered how voter lists are compiled and whether anything had changed in that regard. It was a fact-finding conversation,” Lidia Yermoshina said...