People with disabilities to be provided with everything necessary to vote

24 сентября 2015

One of the key topics of the meeting of the Central Election Commission was participation of people with disabilities in the election. According to the head of the CEC Lidia Yermoshina, this category of citizens should be provided with all necessary to vote. The Belarusian Society of People with Disabilities includes about 60 thousand people, of which two and a half thousand are in wheelchairs. Previously, many of them were forced to vote at home. And in order to change the situation, the polling stations must be equipped with an affordable entrance to the building, a parking lot, as well as ramps and handrails.

Belarusian poll is monitored by more than 700 international observers.