Belarus invited a record number of international observers to the elections, showing maximum transparency. This is stated in the commentary of the Press Secretary of the Foreign Ministry on international assessments of the parliamentary elections in Belarus.
Politics
Today the House of Representatives will consider in the first reading the draft budget for the next year. In total, 17 draft laws are on the agenda.
Security issues, cooperation at the UN, the program of concerted actions of Minsk and Moscow in foreign policy were discussed at the negotiations between Vladimir Makei and Sergey Lavrov.
Observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe presented their preliminary report on the results of monitoring the parliamentary elections in Belarus.
The Council of the European Union approved the decision to sign a visa agreement with Belarus. The text of the resolution is published on the website of the official EU journal.
The elections were held in all 110 districts. The same number of deputies entered the House of Representatives. Among them are Gennady Davydko, Chairman of the public association "Belaya Rus", "Miss Belarus" Maria Vasilevich, former ambassador of Belarus to Turkey Andrei Savinyh, Lilia Ananich, former Minister of Information and Valery Mitskevich, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration.
The corresponding statement was made by the Head of the CIS mission Sergey Lebedev. The CIS mission was the most representative.
The absence of the election violations is also noted by the internal observers. Mikhail Orda, Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus, stated that the election process was open and transparent.
The results of the election were announced by the Chair of the CEC Lidya Yermoshina at the Palace of the Repblic today.
The elections to the House of Representatives of the seventh convocation of the National Assembly were recognized valid
High political culture and activity was demonstrated by the Belarusians when choosing their representatives in the legislative branch of power.
The turnout at the 2019 parliamentary elections was 77.22%. The CEC has already published the names of the deputies of the House of Representatives of the seventh convocation.
Today the World Entrepreneurship Week starts in Belarus. This is the ninth time that Belarus joined this global initiative.
The largest mission of international observers - 475 people – came from the CIS. Among them was the Secretary of State of the Union State.
The attention of both Belarusian and foreign media, as well as of the expert community was drawn to the visit of Alexander Lukashenko to Austria.
The counting of votes continues and the latest turnout data is being processed. Figures from all over the country flow to the Information Centre at the Palace of the Republic.
More than a thousand international experts, representatives from the CIS, OSCE/ODIHR, PACE and Shanghai Cooperation Organization, have been accredited to monitor the parliamentary elections.
Alexander Lukashenko voted for the candidate to parliament in the 506th polling station at the Belarusian State University of Physical Culture.
The election took place in 109 precincts.
Belarusians care about their future, which is confirmed by the high turnout in all the regions. The Head of the Presidential Administration Natalia Kochanova explains it by good organization work and agitation throughout the country.
Almost 700 journalists report information about the election from the Information Center. A press conference of deputy head of the CEC Vadim Ipatov has just finished there.
According to the head of the CIS mission, the observers will announce the preliminary results of their work tonight, as well as the monitors of the OSCE ODIHR.
The Parliament needs people with constructive ideas, capable of solving the problems, said Mikhail Orda, the Chair of the Trade Union Federation.
President Alexander Lukashenko made his choice in the 506th polling station at the Belarusian State University of Physical Culture.












