Yarmoshyna: There will be no more presidential candidates at 8 p.m. on December 19
According to the CEC Chairperson, all of them will turn into ordinary citizens with no right to conduct actions, pickets or meetings with voters. As soon as all the election precincts close at 8 p.m. on December 19, the presidential candidates will become ordinary citizens with no right to conducts actions, pickets or meetings with voters, if they haven't obtained official permit thereof from the local authorities. The Central Election Commission's Chairperson Lidzia Yarmoshyna has said this answering the question on how the candidates' status will change in the evening on December 19 and which rights they will have.
Lidzia Yarmoshyna: “There will be no more presidential candidates at 8 p.m. on December 19 after the election precincts are closed. Of course, if no second round is appointed. Thus, all the pre-electoral events and meetings which are covered by the norms of the electoral legislation, can no longer be conducted after 8 p.m. If anyone wanted to conduct a civil event or a meeting, he should have addressed to Minks city executive committee in due course and ask permission to make an action. Moreover, this should have been done 15 days before the planned event”.
However, she said no applications had been submitted to Minsk city executive committee. Therefore, according to Yarmoshyna, all the street actions on December 19 will be illegal. Especially at Kastrychnitskaya Square, as it is prohibited to conduct any civil and political actions there at all, even the pro-authoritative ones. She noted that the parade on the Independence Day was no longer held at Kastrychnitskaya Square, but near the memorial "Minsk -Hero City".
Lidzia Yarmoshyna: “There will be no more presidential candidates at 8 p.m. on December 19 after the election precincts are closed. Of course, if no second round is appointed. Thus, all the pre-electoral events and meetings which are covered by the norms of the electoral legislation, can no longer be conducted after 8 p.m. If anyone wanted to conduct a civil event or a meeting, he should have addressed to Minks city executive committee in due course and ask permission to make an action. Moreover, this should have been done 15 days before the planned event”.
However, she said no applications had been submitted to Minsk city executive committee. Therefore, according to Yarmoshyna, all the street actions on December 19 will be illegal. Especially at Kastrychnitskaya Square, as it is prohibited to conduct any civil and political actions there at all, even the pro-authoritative ones. She noted that the parade on the Independence Day was no longer held at Kastrychnitskaya Square, but near the memorial "Minsk -Hero City".
