{"id":57262,"date":"2023-12-23T17:45:37","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T14:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=57262"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"officials-effectively-bar-former-greens-leader-from-2024-elections","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/57262\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Greens leader barred from 2024 elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 23, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Officials have refused to register a group that would collect signatures to nominate D\u017amitryj Ku\u010duk, former chairman of the Belarusian Greens Party, as a candidate in the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politician said on Facebook that \u201cthe formal reason for the refusal was a typo in the documents.\u201d As before, he did not clarify whether he wanted to run for the House of Representatives or a local council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kuchuk_zelenyje_002_facebook_2x1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kuchuk_zelenyje_002_facebook_2x1.jpg 744w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kuchuk_zelenyje_002_facebook_2x1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(D\u017amitryj Ku\u010duk&#039;s page on Facebook)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On November 20, Ku\u010duk <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/50361\/\">announced<\/a> his bid but said he had \u201cno illusions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said he wanted to be the voice of Belarusians who were ready to \u201csupport independent candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that his team prepared an amnesty bill to be implemented after the election campaign and a reform project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Supreme Court dissolved the Greens and 10 other parties in the summer and fall at the request of the justice ministry, in a major clean-up of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bie\u0142aja Ru\u015b party of \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s supporters and three other cherry-picked alliances, the Communist Party of Belarus, the Liberal Democrat\u00adic Par\u00adty and the Repub\u00adli\u00adcan Par\u00adty of Labor and Jus\u00adtice, put forward their candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We will be thinking about the next election campaign,&#8221; Ku\u010duk said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 23, Pozirk. 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