Sannikov: Citizens must stand against criminal falsifiers

Under the law Yarmoshyna cannot be the chair of the central Election commission, in the same way as Lukashenka cannot be a candidate for presidency.

Andrei Sannikov, a candidate for presidency, has lodged two legal applications to the Central Election Commission with a demand to withdraw registration of Alyaksandr Lukashenka as a presidential candidate, and to relieve from office the chairperson of the Central Election Commission Lidziya Yarmoshyna.

It is reminded in the statements of the candidate for presidency, that on December 6-7 in the Palace of Republic in Minsk a so-called “All-Belarusian People’s Congress” was held.

This propagandistic event was organized in the period of the election campaign, and became a platform for almost 3 hour-long speech of one of the candidates for presidency, Lukashenka. This speech was broadcast by all state-run TV channels, by radio, and was also published in state-run newspapers.

Thus, a prescribed limit of air time (two times by 30 minutes) was exceeded, and the additional space in state newspapers was used illegally.

Besides, this event was held in the Palace of Republic, which is not on the list created by Minsk city executive committee including premises where meetings of presidential candidates with voters could be held.

The meeting was held with the use of the administrative leverage of the executive power headed by Lukashenka. In particular, the organizing committee was headed by the chairman of the Council of Ministers Syarhei Sidorski, and the event was financed at the expense of budget money, and not from the electoral fund of the presidential candidate.

As long as Lidziya Yarmoshyna has taken part in the “All-Belarusian Congress”, Andrei Sannikov demands to relieve her from office.

“European Belarus” leader reminds that sanctions of the European Union are in force against citizen Yarmoshyna for rigging the results of the previous election and republican referenda. Yarmoshyna herself has stated many times herself, that she is a member of Lukashenka’s team, which is inadmissible and illegal.

“Rigging the election results is a grave crime, which distorts will expression of the nation. Belarusian citizens not only have a right to fight with the electoral fraud, but must stand against criminal falsifiers in every way. Under the law Yarmoshyna cannot be the chair of the central Election commission, in the same way as Lukashenka cannot be a candidate for presidency. Yarmoshyna stated that she is a member of Lukashenka’s team, thus excluding any objectivity in actions of the CEC. But it was not enough, and during her working hours she went to the illegal “All-People’s Congress” support her candidate. Lukashenka used dozens millions dollars from the budget to hold the event in his support on October Square. According to official reports, at the moment of holding this congress his electoral fund had about 13 million Br. It is clear that the “All-Belarusian Congress” was held not out of the electoral fund of the candidate for presidency Lukashenka, as it is required by the law. Once again he slipped his hand into the pocket of Belarusians for his mercenary ends. Both Yarmoshyna and Lukashenka have confirmed once again that Belarusians must change this corrupt regime quickly,” a candidate for presidency in Belarus Andrei Sannikov stated.