{"id":117252,"date":"2024-12-08T18:12:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T15:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/117252\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"official-2-5-million-ballot-access-signatures-collected-for-lukasenka","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/117252\/","title":{"rendered":"Official: 2.5 million ballot-access signatures collected for \u0141uka\u0161enka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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December 8, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> A record 2.5 million ballot-access signatures have been collected for Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s presidential nomination, his administration’s head D\u017amitryj Krutoj announced yesterday at an election rally and concert in Or\u0161a, Viciebsk region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka, who has been in power since 1994, allegedly collected the largest number of signatures in every election campaign since 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus will hold its seventh presidential election from January 21 to 26, with the whole election cycle limited to just three months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from \u0141uka\u0161enka, the bidders include his supporters Aleh Hajdukievi\u010d, Alaksandar Chi\u017eniak, Siarhiej Syranko\u016d as well as former MP Hanna Kanapackaja. Two days ago, they completed collecting ballot-access signatures. All candidates must garner at least 100,000 voter signatures to qualify for the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current campaign is taking place in a purged political landscape amid a new wave of crackdown on regime critics. The previous 2020 presidential race was marred by police brutality against peaceful protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus has not held a single free and fair election since 1996 by the standards of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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