{"id":117620,"date":"2024-12-10T20:34:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T17:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/117620\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"first-presidential-hopeful-submits-paperwork-to-election-commission","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/117620\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential hopeful submits paperwork to election commission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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December 10, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Siarhiej Syranko\u016d, chairman of the pro-government Communist Party of Belarus, has submitted documents for the registration of his presidential bid, the central election commission reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other presidential hopefuls can do it before December 21, in person or by proxy, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The required documents include a biography, income and property statements, and a financial report from the campaign fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Syranko\u016d told state media that his campaign has collected more than 170,000 signatures for his registration as presidential candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the Belarusian Electoral Code, a candidate must submit at least 100,000 signatures in order to run for president. Earlier this month, the \u0141uka\u0161enka campaign said it collected at least 1.58 million signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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