All Four Registered
Just as predicted, all four hopefuls were registered during today’s solemn sitting of CEC in the Republic Palace.
A few hilarious things were reported by RFE\RL. First off, nominees were seated not in the alphabetic order, but Lukashenka was separated from Milinkevich and Kazulin by Hajdukevich. And thus he flunked from shaking hands with both oppositional candidates.
Milinkevich left the building through the main entrance where he was greeted by a group of around 200 supporters, and Lukashenka had to leave through the backdoor.
Milinkevich was registered first but also was the only one who was not voted for unanimously – three CEC members said nay to his nomination.
Belarus election campaign kicks off
The countdown to the Belarussian Presidential election has begun, with current authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko squaring off against opposition here Alexander Milinkevich, plus a couple of other not so important candidates.
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