23 January 2003
Almost half of nominees for city soviets in Brest region put forward by parties
Almost half of aspirants for seats in city soviets (councils) in the Brest region were nominated by political parties.
According to the Brest regional election commission, 221 nominees intend to compete for 106 seats in cities' soviets. Parties are represented by 87 nominees, with 25 being members of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Narodnaya Hramada."
As many as 615 people intend to run for 573 seats in district soviets. Most of them were nominated by "workers' collectives" and only 33 by parties.
As many as 112 people are going to compete for 60 seats in the Brest Regional Soviet. Twenty-seven of them were fielded by the Communist Party of Belarus, the Belarusian Party of Communists and the Liberal Democratic Party. The Belarusian Popular Front put forward one candidate. More than 60 people were nominated by "workers' collectives" and 23 through signature collection. Sixteen nominees were
elected to soviets before. Only 15 of those who want to run for the Brest Regional Soviet are women. A total of 3,974 people were nominated to compete for 1,682 seats in soviets of various levels in the region, according to the regional election commission.
The candidate registration stage will be held between January 21 and 31.
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