{"id":118108,"date":"2024-12-13T13:36:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T10:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118108\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"kanapackaja-applies-for-registration-as-presidential-candidate","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118108\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanapackaja applies for registration as presidential candidate\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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December 13, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Former MP Hanna Kanapackaja who ran for president four years ago has applied for registration as presidential candidate for the upcoming January poll, the central election commission\u2019s press office says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kanapackaja submitted her bid after Alaksandar Chi\u017eniak, Aleh Hajdukievi\u010d and Siarhiej Syranko\u016d, all of whom lead government-loyal parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should authorities allow Kanapackaja to run, she may claim to represent the interests of pro-European Belarusians, opposition politician Anatol Labied\u017aka said earlier, commenting on his former party mate\u2019s presidential bid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, whose supporters claimed to have collected 2.5 million ballot-access signatures for his application, has until December 21 to submit his bid in person or by proxy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the Belarusian Electoral Code, a candidate must garner at least 100,000 signatures to run for president. The required application documents include a biography, income and property statements, and a financial report from the campaign fund.<\/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

The Belarusian opposition dismissed the election as a sham, noting that political reprisals prevent pro-democracy candidates from running and voters from freely expressing their will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country has not held a single free and fair election since 1996 by the standards of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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