CIS observation mission praises organization of parliamentary election campaign in Belarus

The work of the election bodies for the elections of deputies to the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus is open and transparent. No obstacles in the work of observers have been created on the part of the members of the commissions, says the interim report of the CIS observation mission. “The visits to the election commissions showed that the organisational readiness is high and that the commissions are supplied with necessary equipment and normative documents for the elections,” says the report. The CIS mission also says that Belarus has created necessary conditions for internal observation of the election campaign and the voting process. The observation mission believes that the executive bodies and election commissions of all levels have ensured proper organization of the electoral process at the first stages of the campaign for the elections of deputies to the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus of the fourth convocation. As of August 26 the mission included 35 long-term observers. The accreditation was given to 62 observers representing the member states of the Commonwealth, CIS Interparliamentary Assembly.