{"id":65563,"date":"2024-02-07T15:46:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T12:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=65563"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"most-registered-candidates-represent-nomenklatura-independent-monitoring-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/65563\/","title":{"rendered":"Most registered candidates represent nomenklatura &#8211; independent monitoring group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pravaabaroncy-facebook-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pravaabaroncy-facebook-1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pravaabaroncy-facebook-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pravaabaroncy-facebook-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pravaabaroncy-facebook-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pravaabaroncy-facebook-1128-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 7, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Signature collection, candidate nomination and registration were notable for a lack of electioneering, the Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections said in a recent report released on February 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Political parties did not advertise their candidates and did not ask voters to give them endorsement signatures, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government stoked fear, preventing independent candidates from collecting ballot-access signatures, the report said, citing a failed attempt by D\u017amitryj Ku\u010duk, a former leader of the Belarusian Greens Party, to register a signature-collection group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kuchuk_zelenyje_002_facebook_1280-300x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kuchuk_zelenyje_002_facebook_1280-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kuchuk_zelenyje_002_facebook_1280-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kuchuk_zelenyje_002_facebook_1280-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kuchuk_zelenyje_002_facebook_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Former Greens leader barred from 2024 elections<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 23, Pozirk. 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. The politician said on Facebook that \u201cthe formal &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/57262\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Most registered candidates represent the &#8220;nomenklatura,&#8221; while few candidates represent the working class; all candidates declare pro-government views, so there is no real contest between them, rights defenders noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The monitoring group noted a sharp increase in partisan candidates with 42 percent parliamentary candidates and 27.6 local candidates running from the Bie\u0142aja Ru\u015b party founded by \u0141uka\u0161enka supporters last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In many districts, Bie\u0142aja Ru\u015b candidates face off against each other, which is indicative of &#8220;the imitative nature of such party representation,&#8221; the report noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections was set up by the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Viasna Human Rights Center to collect and analyze election-related data from open sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On February 25, Belarus will hold elections for the House of Representatives and local councils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country has not held a single free and fair election since 1996, by standards of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Last year, the government decided against inviting OSCE observers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vybory-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vybory-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vybory-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vybory-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vybory-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vybory-1128.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Elections<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Elections<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Parliamentary election attracts fewer candidates than in 2019<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 1, Pozirk. A total of 265 candidates have been registered to run in contests for 110 seats in the National Assembly&#039;s House of Representatives, Ihar Karpienka, the head of the central election commission, has told the state-run media. The &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/64364\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 7, Pozirk. Signature collection, candidate nomination and registration were notable for a lack of electioneering, the Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections said in a recent report released on February 6. Political parties did not advertise their candidates and did not ask voters to give them endorsement signatures, it noted. 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