Two pro-government party leaders apply for registration as presidential candidates

December 11, Pozirk. Alaksandar Chižniak, leader of the pro-government Republican Party of Labor and Justice, and Aleh Hajdukievič, of the Liberal Democratic Party, have applied for the registration as presidential candidates, the central election commission said.
Siarhiej Syrankoŭ, chairman of the pro-government Communist Party of Belarus, submitted documents for the registration of his presidential bid yesterday.
Other presidential hopefuls can do it before December 21, in person or by proxy.
The required documents include a biography, income and property statements, and a financial report from the campaign fund.
Under the Belarusian Electoral Code, a candidate must submit at least 100,000 signatures in order to run for president. Earlier this month, the Alaksandar Łukašenka campaign said it collected at least 1.58 million signatures.
Belarus will hold its seventh presidential election from January 21 to 26, with the whole election cycle limited to just three months. The current campaign is taking place in a purged political landscape amid a new wave of crackdown on regime critics.

Presidential hopeful submits paperwork to election commission
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