Again about "dirty" technologies.
In the newspaper «Soviet Belorussia» from September 13, 2000 the Decision of the Central Commission of Republic of Belarus on the election and realisation of republican referendums from 11.09.2000 «About the order of the use of the public funds of the mass information when preparing and realising the election of the deputies of the Chamber of the Representatives of the National assembly of the Republic of Belaus was published.
Item 6 which regulates the order of making speech on TV and broadcasting of the candidates in the deputies says:
« … District selective commissions carry out a toss-up between the candidates in the deputies to define the date to make a speech for each candidate in the deputies in the term of two days after the registration of the candidates in the deputies of the Chamber of the Representatives.
The application to participate in the toss-up is made up by the candidates in the deputies of the Chamber of the Representatives to the appropriate district selective commission the next day after the registration but not later September 15, 2000».
I.e. all candidates in the deputies registered after September 15, 2000, for example, registered after the protest of the decisions of district selective commissions about the refusal in the registration as the candidate in the deputies can not be able to make speech on TV and the radio.
This rule contradicts article 46 of the Elective Code of the Republic of Belarus which says:
« … the Candidates in the Presidents of the Republic of Belarus, in the deputies of the Chamber of the Representatives, in the deputies of the local Councils of the deputies, political parties, other public associations, labour collectives, the citizens who have put forward the candidates use the public funds of the mass information on the equal rights from the time of registration of the candidates … »
On the official data more than 200 (approximately one quarter part from the total number of those who submitted the appropriate application) candidates in the deputies "were refused" by district elective commissions to the formal and far-fetched attributes.
The number – 200 - causes the certain doubts. Only in Grodno about 70 % of people submitted application to stand by the candidate in the deputies were refused by the local authorities. More than 40 appeals are sent in the Grodno region (in Belarus there 6 regions and. Minsk). And how many people did appealed against the Decision of the district elective commissions? I think, that the number "of the forbidden" candidates in the deputies is higher than the officially published one.
For what is it done? All is very simple. According to this decision of the Central commission practically all objectionable the candidates to the authorities, even if they will be restored in the rights, will stay without TV and the radio and lose 10 days of pre-election propaganda as minimum. How have a look to equal opportunities.
We sent the appropriate application with the request to change this decision (it is possible to read the text of the application to the address: http://izbiratel.narod.ru/zav1709.html).
Will the result be positive? Let's see. But nobody will return the missed time to the restored candidates in the deputies for propaganda of the voters.
The strange businesses are created and in the Central elective commission which refuses to accept by fax the letters of the citizens directed to change their illegal decisions. May be they do not have paper for the fax or the heads does not allow.
The results "of the elimination" of the candidates in the deputies are interesting. "The leaders" "of race" appear. The district commissions did not have any questions to them. They are the employees of law-enforcement bodies (regular and non-staff), military men, the workers of the executive committee and about the executive committee - 70 %, 20 % - businessmen, approached to authority, and "Afghans", 10 % - others.
The propaganda of the first 90 % of the candidates from the authority and the expenditure of money resources on these purposes breaking the Elective Code have already began. But the district elective commissions amicably close eyes on this. For example: in Grodno everywhere including the building of the District Elective commission #53 15.09.2000 the propaganda leaf of the businessman supported by this district commission and the Grodno authorities, of Krupitsa, a candidate in the deputies, hung. Money has not given yet, and materials hung already. I shall remind for those who does not know the propaganda materials can be made only on the means allocated by the elective commission.
A Avraamchik, a candidate from the authorities, the vice-chief of DIA of Grodno executive committee "used" the militiamen and they collected the signatures for him in their uniform. And, the petition passed originally. The author of these lines was a witness to that. The petition was made in dependent from DIA organisations. For example, in a hostel for "prisoners" the captain of militia called up all living in that hostel and showed them where to subscribe in subscription sheets. In these sheets a surname, name, patronymic, year of birth, series and number of the passport, and other necessary data for persons signing this document were already put. The near there was the official of this hostel. Nobody refused to sign for the colonel of the militia but try to refuse – and you will be sent to the “not so distant places. There a lot of such examples "of getting” of the signatures. Should the militia be outside of the politics? No, they climb all the same and by the crowds!
The separate theme – is "Afghans". It is strangely enough but they stand on many districts, their representatives are included in many elective commissions, and they do not have problems. I really respect these people but many of them have the strongly changed mentality. Blood, daily murders of people, destruction of cities and villages. What laws will they accept?
It is clear that they have large lobby, high militia and military grades. But the parliament can not consist only from the militiamen, workers of special services, Afghans, military men and workers "of the vertical". All of them will accept the laws under the order of the commander -in-chief (A. Lukashenko). They have discipline in blood.
Or does the junta want to come to the authority?
17.09.2000
Valery Levonevsky
230005, Grodno
Tel/fax (+375 0152) 31-30-62
