28 August 2008
United Pro-democratic Forces proposes meeting to Presidential Administration head to discuss parliamentary campaign

The leaders of the United Pro-Democratic Forces (UPF), the main opposition coalition, on August 27 decided to invite Uladzimir Makey, head of the Presidential Administration, to meet them to discuss the ongoing parliamentary campaign.

The coalition would like to discuss the possibility of including an additional number of its representatives in precinct election commissions. The UPF leaders noted that this could be done because most of the commissions do not have the maximum possible membership.

In addition, the coalition wants to discuss the issue of access to the state media for its parliamentary candidates, as well as to suggest television debates and discussions in the press on the most important political and socio-economic subjects.

Opposition political parties and organizations reportedly nominated some 1,500 representatives to precinct commissions, but only 47 of them were included, which accounted for three percent of the total number of opposition nominees and 0.06 percent of the total membership of the commissions, which comprise almost 70,000 members. //BelaPAN