The lower house of the Belarusian parliament is fully elected. This was announced by the head of the Belarusian Central Election Commission, Igor Karpenko. TASS.
On February 25, on the first single voting day in the history of Belarus, 110 deputies of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly and 12,514 deputies of local councils were elected for five-year terms. 263 candidates competed for parliamentary seats and 18 thousand 802 candidates competed for local council memberships. Participation in the elections was 73.09 percent.
February 25 Igor Karpenko statedThat the United States needs to stop acting like a spectator to the world and focus on its own internal problems. This is how he commented on the statement of the US State Department: described Elections in Belarus are “imaginary” and filled with an “atmosphere of fear” with no signs of democracy.
Before this, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced that he planned to run for Belarusian president again in the 2025 elections. He has held the post since 1994, and his most recent re-election sparked mass protests across the country. Lukashenko called himself the “outgoing president” but now considered resignation “tantamount to treason”. According to him, the opposition abroad is preparing to “seize a piece” of Belarus and bring NATO troops into the country. More details in the material “Newspapers.Ru”.
Previously reportedHe said that the head of the Lukashenko Administration was elected as a member of parliament.