Sergei Lebedev: The CIS mission did not find any facts that cast doubt on the legitimacy of the presidential elections in Belarus

Sergei Lebedev: The CIS mission did not find any facts that cast doubt on the legitimacy of the presidential elections in Belarus

10.08.2020. The CIS mission did not find any facts that cast doubt on the legitimacy of the presidential elections in Belarus, Chairman of the Executive Committee - CIS Executive Secretary, head of the mission Sergei Lebedev told reporters. “The CIS mission did not find any facts that cast doubt on the legitimacy of the presidential elections in Belarus,” said Sergei Lebedev. “The Commonwealth mission comes to the conclusion that the elections on August 9 were held in accordance with the Constitution and the Electoral Code of Belarus. citizens of Belarus ".


The head of the mission noted that observers from the CIS recorded individual violations that were not gross. “These violations are traditional. There were several family entries into the voting booths, the husband and wife entered together - we recorded at two polling stations. But these were separate cases. In addition, there were several comments from local observers that they could hardly see the ballot box. All these individual violations were not gross. According to observers from the CIS, the recorded individual violations were not of a systemic, massive nature and did not affect the election results, "added Sergei Lebedev.

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