Electoral type events

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

Seven candidates for candidating are registered by Central Electoral Committee of Belarus. On Monday lists were closed and now candidates must collect 100 000 signatures of Belarusian citizens.

Candidates are:

Aleksandar Lukashenka (the best president ever)
Anatoly Lebedko (United Civic Party of Belarus, center-right)
Siarhiej Kaliakin (Belarusian Left Party "A Just World", eurocommies/left)
Sergei Gaidukevich [Liberal Democratic Party (Belarussian counterpart of Zhirinovsky party)
Viktor Tereshchenko (nonpartisan, economist)
Joanna (Жанна) Ramanouska (non-partisan, teacher)
Mikalay Uahovitch (non-partisan, Belarussian cossacks leader - lol)

I hope that Lukashenka will destroy those weaklings.

[Crumpets]

Seven candidates for candidating are registered by Central Electoral Committee of Belarus. On Monday lists were closed and now candidates must collect 100 000 signatures of Belarusian citizens.

Candidates are:

Aleksandar Lukashenka (the best president ever)
Anatoly Lebedko (United Civic Party of Belarus, center-right)
Siarhiej Kaliakin (Belarusian Left Party "A Just World", eurocommies/left)
Sergei Gaidukevich [Liberal Democratic Party (Belarussian counterpart of Zhirinovsky party)
Viktor Tereshchenko (nonpartisan, economist)
Joanna (Жанна) Ramanouska (non-partisan, teacher)
Mikalay Uahovitch (non-partisan, Belarussian cossacks leader - lol)

I hope that Lukashenka will destroy those weaklings.

Lol. I can't imagine how horrifying they must be.

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

10/10

The best campaign ever.

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

Lukashenko gave few days ago first interview since like 14 or 15 years to the opposition media and there are some interesting things from the interview:
-candidate from previous presidential elections Mikola Statkevich may be reprieved from penal colony before presidential elections.
- he stated that Ukraine will keep Donbas
- he said that Belarusian airforces are strong enough and there is no need for Russian bases on Belarusian territory.
- he was sceptical about Russian current foreign policy ideas and expansionism
- he said that he now speaks more Belarusian with his youngest son

[Crumpets]

Lukashenko gave few days ago first interview since like 14 or 15 years to the opposition media and there are some interesting things from the interview:
-candidate from previous presidential elections Mikola Statkevich may be reprieved from penal colony before presidential elections.
- he stated that Ukraine will keep Donbas
- he said that Belarusian airforces are strong enough and there is no need for Russian bases on Belarusian territory.
- he was sceptical about Russian current foreign policy ideas and expansionism
- he said that he now speaks more Belarusian with his youngest son

Which group did he talk to? I'd love to watch it.

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

http://www.svaboda.org/content/article/27170361.html
http://www.svaboda.org/content/article/27168922.html

[Crumpets]

http://www.svaboda.org/content/article/27170361.html
http://www.svaboda.org/content/article/27168922.html

Thanks!

[politicus]

Got two of those this week-end:

3/10 United Arab Emirates, Parliament
4/10 Kyrgyzstan, Parliament

[Hash]

Kyrgyzstan isn't an "electoral-type event"

[politicus]

Kyrgyzstan isn't an "electoral-type event"

Freedom House gives them a rating of 5, while that scrapes by as partly free those countries do generally not hold proper elections.

Egypt gets 5,5 and non-free by comparison. Of course you can be critical of Freedom House, but I generally trust them and an election in a 5 country with a non-freee press isnt going to be an actual election. There was massive fraud in 2009. They will allow a campaign, but they won't count remotely fairly. I will definitely put it below something like Guinea or your average West- or East African election. More Zimbabwe level, than Zambia, to make an African comparison.

Radio Free Europe agrees with you. though:

http://www.rferl.org/content/fact-sheet-kyrgyzstan-national-elections/27281859.html

"At least in terms of voter access to information, the electorate's ability to participate, and the ability of political parties and candidates to spread their message among voters, the process appears to be democratic."

But: "We need to see how voting goes on election day, whether the new biometric system proves reliable, and the tabulation of votes transparent and free of allegations of rigging."

[politicus]

@:Hash could you check my elections calendar in the "Elections coming up" thread and see if there are other elections I have listed as electoral type events, that you disagree with?

[Crumpets]

Here are Belarus's provisional results according to BelTA:

Alexander Lukashenko (Independent) - 83.49%
Tatiana Korotkevich (Social Democrat, opposition activist) - 4.42%
Sergei Gaidukevich (Zhirinovsky-type) - 3.32%
Nikolai Ulakhovich (?pro-capitalism?) - 1.67%
Other/NOTA - 7.10%

[Beezer]

Did his kid get a ballot as well?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3L-yH8U0qU

[Sir John Johns]

The president of Congo-Brazzaville, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, has called a referendum for 25 October. Voters will be asked to approve a comprehensive constitutional reform. Among the provisions of the text put to referendum: the removal of the two-term limit for presidency; the abolition of the age limit of 70 for running for president; the reduction of the presidential term of office from 7 to 5 years; the creation of a post of prime minister to head the government (currently head by the president himself); various stuff about decentralization. Once passed the new constitution will enable Sassou-Nguesso, who is 73 years old and in office since 1997, to run the next year for a third consecutive term.

The date of the referendum was set on October 5 and the text of the new constitution was only released few days ago, thus leaving little time for the opposition to campaign.

[Sir John Johns]

According to numbers gave by the Congolese minister of Interior, the new Constitution has been approved with 92.96% of 'yes'. Turnout was officially 72.44% which totally contradicted reports by international journalists of a very low attendance in the polling stations. According to the leader of the main opposition party, turnout was even under 10%.

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Congrats Nguesso