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Names of candidates for January presidential elections announced in Minsk
At the final first stage of the election campaign for the presidential elections in Belarus, which will take place on 26 January 2025, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission Igor Karpenko confirmed that seven people are vying for the right to become candidates for deputy. BELTA reports on the country's presidency.
Commenting on the results of the final stage of the election campaign, which ended on November 1, the CEC Chairman explained: "A total of 11 applications were submitted to the commission, but four applicants were rejected due to incomplete provisions." Moreover, some members of the initiative group had fewer members than required by law."
As a result, the Central Election Commission registered the initiative of the current head of state Alexander Lukashenko, the leader of the LDPR Oleg Gaidukevich, the republican chairman of the Ministry of Labor Alexander Khizhnyak and the head of the sewerage department. . Look at Olga Chemodanova.
In addition, the group was registered by the Chairman of the Republican Council of the Union of Officers of Belarus Sergei Bobrikov, the leader of the Communist Party of Belarus Sergei Syrankov and entrepreneur Anna Kanopatskaya, a participant in the 2020 presidential election campaign.
In two days, on November 7, the collection of voters' signatures in support of the presidential nomination will begin and will continue until December 6. Then, within 10 days, we will check the authenticity of the provided signature sheet. And the registration of presidential candidates will last from December 22 to 31.
The Central Election Commission stated that in order to register as a candidate, a candidate must collect at least 100,000 signatures of voters.
However, in the 2020 presidential elections, 55 documents on registration of initiative groups were submitted to the National Electoral Commission, and a group of 15 applicants were allowed to sign.