Powers of the Oblast and the Minsk City Commissions on Elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, Deputies of Local Councils of Deputies, on the Referendum and the Holding of Voting for Recall of a Deputy
The Oblast and the Minsk City commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies of local Councils of Deputies, on the referendum and the holding of voting for recall of a deputy shall:
1) organise the holding of elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies of the Oblast and the Minsk City Councils of Deputies, the republican, the Oblast or the Minsk City referendum and the voting on recall of a deputy of the Oblast or the Minsk City Council of Deputies and exercise control over the observance of the requirements of this Code and other legislative acts of the Republic of Belarus on elections, referendum and recall of a deputy in the territory of the Oblast and the City of Minsk;
2) lead activities of the regional, town, town district and precinct commissions;
3) hear information of the officials (workers) of the local executive and administrative bodies and organisations on issues connected with the preparation and holding of elections, referendum and recall of a deputy of the local Council of Deputies;
4) control over the compilation of the lists of citizens who have the right to take part in elections, referendum or recall of a deputy and the presentation of them for familiarisation by everyone;
5) manage monetary resources allocated for the preparation and holding of elections, referendum or recall of a deputy; distribute part of these resources among lower commissions on the holding of elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies of local Councils of Deputies, the republican, Oblast or Minsk City referendum, recall of a deputy and exercise control over target use of the allocated resources; control the provision to the commissions of rooms, transport and communication facilities, and consider other issues of provision of material, technical and organisational facilities for securing the holding of elections, referendum or recall of a deputy; and
6) consider applications and complaints against decisions and actions of lower commissions and take decisions on them.
When holding elections of deputies of local Councils of deputies the Oblast and the Minsk City territorial electoral commissions, in addition to the powers stipulated in part one of this article, shall:
1) form the electoral districts for elections to the Oblast and the Minsk City Council of Deputies on recommendation of the Oblast and the Minsk City executive committee;
2) lead activities of the district electoral commissions on elections to the Oblast Council of Deputies and the territorial electoral commissions exercising in the districts of the City of Minsk the powers of the district electoral commissions on elections to the Minsk City Council of Deputies;
3) summarise the results of elections for the Oblast and the Minsk City Councils of Deputies and submit information about this to the Central Commission; register the elected deputies; publish information on the results of elections and the list of the elected deputies of the Oblast and the Minsk City Councils of Deputies;
4) organise the holding of a second round of voting, new elections of deputies of the Oblast and the Minsk City Councils of Deputies and elections of deputies instead of deputies who have left their position;
5) hand over to the commission of the Oblast and the Minsk City Councils of Deputies which supervises issues of mandate the documentation required for verification of the powers of deputies elected for each electoral districts; and
6) convene the first session of the newly elected Oblast and the Minsk City Councils of Deputies.
The Minsk City territorial electoral commission, when performing a recall of a deputy of the Minsk City Council of Deputies, shall directly exercise its powers on the organisation of recall of the deputy, register the initiative group on collection of signatures in support of the proposal on initiating the issue on recall of the deputy, appoint the voting on the recall of the deputy, approve the text of the ballot paper, secure the making of ballot papers and provision of them to the precinct commissions, establish the results of voting for recall of the deputy and take decision on acknowledging the deputy as being recalled by the electors.
The Oblast territorial electoral commission, when performing a recall of a deputy of the Oblast Council of Deputies, shall register the initiative group on collection of signatures in support of the proposal on initiating the issue on recall of the deputy, appoint the voting on the recall of the deputy, and, on the basis of the record of the district commission on the holding of voting for recall of the deputy of the Oblast Council of Deputies, shall take decision on acknowledging the deputy as being recalled by the electors.
When holding elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, the Oblast and the Minsk City commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, in addition to the powers stipulated by part one of this article, shall:
1) exercise control over the observance by the initiative group of citizens for nomination of the candidate for the position of the President of the Republic of Belarus of the requirements of this Code during the collection of signatures and secure the adequacy of data on the number of such signatures; and
2) on the basis of records of the regional, town and town district commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus make records on the establishment of the number of citizens who signed in support of the proposal on the nomination of the candidate for the position of the President for the Oblast and the City of Minsk, and forward them to the Central Commission.
When holding elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus or a referendum, the Oblast and the Minsk City commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, on the holding of a republican, Oblast or Minsk City referendum, in addition to the powers stipulated by part one of this article, shall:
1) provide for the making of ballot papers for elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus and for voting in the republican, Oblast or Minsk City referendum and for the provision of them to the regional, town and town district commissions; and
2) establish the results of the voting in elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus and for the republican referendum in the Oblast and the City of Minsk and inform about them the Central Commission.
The Oblast and the Minsk City commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus and deputies of the local Councils of Deputies, in addition to the powers stipulated in part one of this article, when holding elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus and deputies of local Councils of Deputies, shall secure the observance of equal legal conditions for election activities of candidates for the position of the President of the Republic of Belarus and for deputies of local Councils of Deputies.
The Oblast and the Minsk City commissions on the referendum, in addition to the powers stipulated in part one of this article, when holding a republican, Oblast or Minsk City referendum, shall:
1) assist mass media in explaining the content of the question proposed for the referendum; and
2) provide for the publication of the results of the referendum in the Oblast and the Minsk City in local mass media.
The commissions mentioned in this article shall exercise other powers as well in conformity with this Code and other legislative acts of the Republic of Belarus.
Powers of the Oblast and the Minsk City commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus shall be terminated after the official publications of the results of elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus.
Powers of the Oblast and Minsk City territorial electoral commissions on elections of deputies of local Councils of Deputies shall be preserved until elections to the local Councils of Deputies of the new convocation are appointed.
Powers of the Oblast and the Minsk City commissions on the referendum shall terminate one month after the decision of the referendum comes into force.
