{"id":77709,"date":"2024-04-04T23:26:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T20:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/77709\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"belarus-holds-elections-for-the-council-of-the-republic","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/77709\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus&#8217; local councils confirm members of Council of the Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kochanova-kamvol-26-03-sovrep-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kochanova-kamvol-26-03-sovrep-1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kochanova-kamvol-26-03-sovrep-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kochanova-kamvol-26-03-sovrep-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kochanova-kamvol-26-03-sovrep-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/kochanova-kamvol-26-03-sovrep-1128-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Upper house chairwoman Natalla Ka\u010danava (center) at the Kamvol textile company.\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(The Council of the Republic)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 4, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus&#8217; local councils have confirmed 56 members of the Council of the Republic, the press office of the upper house of parliament reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Council of the Republic is to comprise 64 members with a five-year mandate. Eight have yet to be appointed by the head of state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The newly confirmed members include Iryna Abielskaja, widely believed to be the mother of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s youngest son Mika\u0142aj, Bie\u0142arusbank board chairman Viktar Anani\u010d and D\u017amitryj Baska\u016d, the Belarusian leader&#8217;s ice hockey coach who had been accused by the opposition of complicity in the 2020 uninvestigated murder of activist Raman Bandarenka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All 56 confirmed members can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/77702\/\">here <\/a>in Russian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The central election commission will announce the schedule of the upper house&#8217;s first session on April 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year&#8217;s National Assembly election campaign was marred by repression and the exclusion of any opposition from the political process.<\/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\/02\/golos-CIK-20240223-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/golos-CIK-20240223-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/golos-CIK-20240223-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/golos-CIK-20240223-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/golos-CIK-20240223-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/golos-CIK-20240223.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Elections<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Elections, Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Independent monitoring group records violations during elections<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 27, Pozirk. The February 20-25 parliamentary and local elections in Belarus did not meet international standards for democratic and free elections, says a preliminary report by Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections. The independent monitoring group set up by &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/69841\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 4, Pozirk. Belarus&#8217; local councils have confirmed 56 members of the Council of the Republic, the press office of the upper house of parliament reported. The Council of the Republic is to comprise 64 members with a five-year mandate. Eight have yet to be appointed by the head of state. 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