Chairperson of election commission in Baranavichy sends off all independent observers

The first day of early voting revealed a lot of violations of the electoral legislation in Baranavichy. The biggest one was at the election precinct No. 31, the commission of which is chaired by the chief physician of the polyclinic Elmira Bahdanovich.

Students of local university made the majority of citizens who voted early. They say that an advertisement-reminder on early voting is played during every break in the Baranavichy state university. About 180 people voted by the time when it was one our before the election precinct should close. This is ten times more than at other election precincts of Baranavichy. 

The Chairperson of the commission obviuosly was scared by such a big number herself, informs the human rights center "Viasna". Bahdanovich has sent all the observers off to the corridor. One of them, Victar Tsiapin, called the public prosecutor's office. The public prosecutor on duty arrived very soon, and the observers returned to their places thanks to him.