Lidziya Yarmoshyna

Talking on the air of TV channel Belarus 1, the Chair of the Belarusian Central Election Commission Lidziya Yarmoshyna said that the presidential elections had already taken place.

As the chair of the Central Election Commission Lidziya Yarmoshyna has reported on the air of Belarus 1 TV, the precinct commissions may set a checkpoint at the entrance to the polling stations.

According to Yarmoshyna, any advertising of this project is “illegal”.

Several companies wanted to install them.

On July 29, CEC Chairperson Lidziya Yarmoshyna summoned all the presidential candidates to the Belarusian Central Election Commission without giving any reason.

The electoral commissions will independently determine the time for observers.

CEC chair suggested that in the future candidates create financial funds for participation in elections

Earlier, presidential candidate Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya urged people to get “a record number of observers”.

Lidziya Yarmoshyna said she testified at the Investigative Committee.

Now it will only be possible to do so in a specially authorized place.

Syarhei Tsikhanouski, a popular vlogger and head of Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s initiative group, is facing a new charge of ‘obstructing the course of elections’ (Art. 191 of the Criminal Code), human rights centre reports with reference to ‘a reliable source’.

Might-have-been presidential candidate Syarhei Tsikhanouski publicly threatened to kill her during pre-election pickets, Lydia Yarmoshyna, Chairperson of the Belarusian Central Election Commission (CEC), claims.