ACE Electoral News

ACE Electoral News

Belarus elections: Alexander Milinkevich gives up presidential bid (Demotix, 2010)

Belarussian opposition politician and presidential candidate Alexandr Milinkevich refuses to participate in the poll to be held 19th December claiming that current electoral law doesn't insure fair, free and open elections.

CIS long-term observers for Belarus’ presidential election expected to arrive within next few days (Belorusskie Novosti, 2010)

A five-member long-term observation mission of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) for Belarus’ December 19 presidential election is expected to arrive within the next few days, Lidziya Yarmoshyna, head of the central election commission, told reporters in Minsk on Monday.

Belarus: Jerzy Buzek: Democracy is not a staged play (Charter 97, 2010)

The election in Belarus looks like a farce of democracy, the President of the European Parliament thinks.

Seventeen would-be-candidates plan to run for president in Belarus (RIA Novosti, 2010)

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and sixteen other people may run for the presidency in Belarus, the Belarusian Central Election Commission (CEC) said on Monday. The Belarusian parliament has set presidential elections for December 19. On Monday, the CEC registered the would-be candidates' action groups.

EU preparing to renew Belarus sanctions as election looms (EUobserver, 2010)

Belarus' hardy autocratic ruler, Aleksander Lukashenko, is set to suffer a small blow to his image ahead of upcoming elections when the EU renews its travel ban on the President and 35 of his officials next month.

Andrei Sannikov: Opposition ready to defend the results of the election in the street (Chareter97, 2010)

Changes in Belarus are necessary for everyone, from workers to officials. The leader of the civil campaign “European Belarus” Andrei Sannikov has given an interview to a Russian edition “Segodnia.ru”.

Russian observers to give their opinion of Belarus polls

Russian observers will give their own opinion of Belarus' presidential elections, a Kremlin official told Itar-Tass on Monday. "The Russian observers' work will become the most adequate evaluation of the election of the Belarusian president," he said.

CIS observers arrive in Belarus (Charter97, 2010)

The CIS observation mission headed by CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev started monitoring presidential election in Belarus.

OSCE to start observe elections in November (Charter97, 2010)

40 long-term observers of the OSCE mission to start work in Belarus.

Belarus’ presidential election will largely determine Russian-Belarusian relations, says head of Russian president’s administration (Belarus News, 2010)

Russia does care what choice the Belarusians will make in the forthcoming presidential election, as this will largely determine the future of the relationship between the two countries, Sergei Naryshkin, head of the Russian president’s administration, told a gathered group of Belarusian journalists in the Kremlin on Wednesday.

Medvedev wades into Belarus election (The Moscow News, 2010)

Few outside observers believe that the Belarusian presidential elections are anything more than a one-horse race – but Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev is doing his best to turn Alexander Lukashenko’s procession into a political campaign.

Presidential candidates register for election in Belarus, Deutsche Welle (2010)

This article reports on the preparations for the forthcoming elections in Belarus. The Electoral Commission has completed the registration of a record number presidential candidate (10). The latest opinion polls show that incumbent president Lukashenko maintains his popularity (31% - an historic low), while the other candidates do not pose a serious challenge (between 2 and 11%). The presidential election is scheduled for December 19.

OSCE / ODIHR Long-Term Observers to Arrive in Belarus on November 17, Telegraf.By (2010)

This article reports on the arrival of the OSCE/ODIHR observer mission to monitor the upcoming elections in Belarus. On November 17, the long-term observers arrived in the country, and they will set up they base in Minsk.

Belarus Needs No Experiments, Lukashenko (Telegraf, 2010

Acting head of state Alexander Lukashenko will run again for presidency. What can we know about his program?

Lukashenko ahead elections promises very high human development index in Belarus (RIA Novosti, 2010)

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko promised ahead of the country's presidential elections that Belarus will reach a high human development index, Sovetskaya Belarussiya (Soviet Belarus) newspaper reported.

Presidential candidates register for election in Belarus (Deutsche Welle, 2010)

In a month's time, voters in Belarus go to the polls to elect a president. While live debates among candidates will be broadcast for the first time, analysts doubt whether the elections will truly be free and fair. 10 candidates are registered to run for the presidency.

Belarusian Central Elections Commission head forecasts one-round election (ITAR-TASS, 2010)

On how Mrs. Ermoshina, president of the CEC Belarus sees the upcoming elections of December 19.

Belarus: The CEC Issued Warning to Statkevich and Rymasheuski (Telegraf, 2010)

The Central Election Commission of the Republic of Belarus issued a warning to candidates for the presidency of the country.

Election in Belarus: no alien forces (The Voice of Russia, 2010)

Campaign continues in Belarus: an overview.

USA praises Belarus’ decision to invite many international election observers (law.by, 2010)

The USA praises Belarus’ decision to invite a considerable number of international observers to monitor the presidential election,