MINSK, 10 February (BelTA) – This election campaign in Belarus will be more dynamic, Chairperson of the Central Election Commission Lydia Yermoshina told reporters on 10 February. She is taking part in the workshop-session with chairs and secretaries of the territorial and district election commissions, chiefs of human resources and ideology departments of the regional executive committees and town councils of the Minsk Oblast, BelTA has learnt. The interest of the political parties in the local elections has increased, Lydia Yermoshina said. The number of nominations from political parties to the territorial commissions was not high. However, as many as 13 parties nominated their representatives to district election commissions. These are almost 500 people, she informed. “Political parties have not been so active for a long time. Some 8 or 9 parties were on the scene during the last parliamentary elections. Today there are 13 of them. However, unfortunately, not all of them were ready (for participation in the election campaign – BelTA’s note). Some of them have lost the organizational structures during the downtime. Hence, several parties, despite their efforts to nominate, have not been included into the election commissions, for example the Green party,” Lydia Yermoshina said. When asked about the level of activity among the parties during the formation of precinct election commissions, she stated that the interest in the election campaign is unlikely to wane. “This fact gives confidence that the elections will not be boring. That gives hope for a high turnout,” Lydia Yermoshina believes. At the same time, she cast doubt on the chances of several parties to work in the precinct election commissions. These commissions total almost 70,000 people, with the number of people in one commission varying from 5 to 19. “We have such large voting precincts, especially in the densely-populated regions, where there are few establishments while the number of households is very high. If the parties have enough members, they will be able to take part in the formation of precinct election commissions,” the CEC chairperson said. On the whole, Lydia Yermoshina views this year’s election campaign as satisfactory. “The election campaign this year is much more dynamic that the one three years ago,” Lydia Yermoshina said. БЕЛТА
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