{"id":118599,"date":"2024-12-17T13:29:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T10:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118599\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lukasenka-applies-for-registration-as-presidential-candidate","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118599\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka applies for registration as presidential candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n\n \"\"\n
\n
\n\n Sia\u0144ko handing over paperwork\n <\/div>\n \n
\n (CEC)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

December 17, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Uladzimir Sia\u0144ko, in charge of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka’s campaign, has submitted the Belarusian ruler\u2019s application to be registered as a presidential candidate for the January poll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, \u0141uka\u0161enka’s supporters claimed to have collected 2.5 million ballot-access signatures for his nomination, exceeding the minimum of 100,000 signatures that give access to the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka, who has been in power since 1994, allegedly collected the largest number of signatures in every election since 2001.<\/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

\n\n
\n \"\"