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Belarusian Christian Democracy nr 1 in terms of local candidates

Belarusian Christian Democracy nr 1 in terms of local candidates

BCD logo smallThursday 18 March 2010 10:34 Of all democratic parties the Belarusian Christian Democracy (BCD) has put forward the most candidates for the local elections. Local elections are to be held on April 25, 2010.

According to the BCD's press service the party proposed 173 candidate deputies in 226 constituencies - 48 'voblast' (regional) councils, 102 city councils, 55 'raion' (district) councils, 3 township councils and 18 village councils. Since the BCD didn’t receive official registration with the Belarusian Ministry of Justice, all candidates had to be nominated through collection of signatures.

More than 20 potential candidates from the BCD have been forced to withdraw from participation in the campaign because of the repressions by the state authorities.

The chairperson of the Central Election Committee announced at a press conference in Minsk, March 17, 2010, that 591 party candidates were proposed for the current local elections.

Other opposition parties put forward the following numbers of candidates:

The Belarusian United Left Party "Fair World" - 126

The United Civic Party - 94

The Belarusian People’s Front - 35

The Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly) - 32

The Belarusian Party "The Greens" - 5

The Belarusian Social Democratic Assembly - 2

Only the pro-government Communist Party of Belarus nominated a larger number of candidates than the BCD – 207.

“Belarusian Christian Democracy Party exists only a year as a party, but the result of the nominations speaks for itself,” said the leader of the BCD, Paval Sieviarynets. “The idea of Christian democracy now unites the majority of democratically minded Belarusians. Despite the repressions, 173 Christian Democrats continue their political campaign."

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