Anatol Lyabedzka: “Only 40% of voters turned up in my precinct”

• 29.09.2008, 13:34

On September 29 at a press-conference dedicated to the results of the elections the leader of the United Democratic Party Anatol Lyabedzka stated that in most election districts there was no vote count at all.

In particular, as said by him, in the polling station #453 of Staravilenski constituency #105 of Minsk vote count lasted 10 minutes. “They were not even pretending that they counted votes. All ballots were stringed together at once, packed and send somewhere. It is a confirmation for me what kind of elections it was. I state that in a responsible manner as my wife was an observer at that polling station,” A. Lyabedzka said. He was running in this constituency.

“In ballot bozes for the advance vote results differ greatly,” the politician says. “When there are 8-10 votes for me, there were 300-400 votes for my opponent Mikalay Samasejka. There is a great difference between information of observers about the voters’ turnout and the official figures of the district election commission. Observers in the same polling station #453 recorded that 671 person had voted. Two observers were at the polling station all the time. There were 140 voters who took part in the early voting. 671 plus 140 makes 811. However, according to the electoral commission, 1,216 persons have voted in the district. Where have 405 more appeared from?” Lyabedzka asks.

Besides, as said by him, observers have noted the fact that 200 persons haven’t been put on the list of voters. “It means that 200 more persons from an additional list should be added to the official list of 1,920 voters. It means that the elections haven’t taken place at this polling station. 40% have taken part in the voting. The same situation is in all other polling stations of the district,” the leader of the party said.

A. Lyabedzka believes that if the West recognizes this “parliamentary election”, that would mean that the presidential election in 2011 under the same scenario would be recognized as well. “We cannot say that we have won, but we cannot say that the United Civil Forces have lost. If some candidates from the list of the United Democratic Forces won a seat in the parliament, we would ask: are they KGB agents, are they from “Lukashenka’s list”? As there was no vote count, as it is clear that nobody has won a seat in the parliament, it will contribute to consolidation of the democratic forces,” the politician says.