Election commissions don't register Statkevich's initiative groups

Six constituency election commissions refused to register initiative groups for gathering signatures to nominate the political prisoner as a parliamentary candidate.

Two groups to nominate his his party fellows, Alena Famina and Alyaksei Haurutikau, were registered.

Alyaksei Haurutikau filed documents for registration of initiative groups to nominate political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich to all 14 election commissions in the Vitebsk region. His applications were declined by four commissions in Vitebsk and commissions in Polatsk and Navapolatsk, Radio Svaboda reports.

“We were not registered, but we reminded people about the problem of political prisoners,” Alyaksei Haurutikau said.

We remind the author of creative poster “Musorok”, Ivan Amelchanka, was denied registration of an initiative group.