Even commission members have no electoral code text

The members of the Minsk City Electoral Commission: "We were told the codes would be provided after printing. But they have not arrived yet"

Central Elections Commission chairperson Lidziya Yarmoshyna recently seemed to be surprised that representatives of the opposition lacked education. She maintained they were filing their complaints to the wrong agency. Under the new Electoral Code, complaints should be sent to courts. The oppositionists who were denied membership at the territorial electoral commissions allegedly do not know the new code and file their complaints to the Central Election Commission, under the old code.

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