Election official: Presidential race was brilliant 19:57, 23/03/2006
Lidiya Yermoshina, chairwoman of Belarus` central election commission, called the recent presidential election "absolutely brilliant." At a news conference on Thursday, Ms. Yermoshina accused unspecified presidential candidates of creating "artificial and unreasoned" tensions during the race.
The official said that prosecutors should bring the candidates to account for violating public order during the campaign.
She announced that the third inauguration ceremony for Aleksandr Lukashenko would be held on March 31.
The central election commission on March 20 declared Mr. Lukashenko the winner with a tally of 82.6 percent. His rivals Aleksandr Milinkevich and Aleksandr Kozulin declared the election fraudulent and demanded a rerun.
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