Yermoshina to "Examine Thoroughly" Situation with Niakliajeu

21.09.2010 12:15
Архив Редакция

The leader of "Tell the truth!" civil campaign Uladzimir Niaklajeu lived abroad some time. Some experts believe that this fact may prevent him from becoming a candidate. CEC Chairman Lydia Yermoshina believes that such statements are premature. According to her, CEC should investigate thoroughly the situation.

According to Belarusian legislation, contender for the presidency should be a permanent resident of Belarus for at least ten years preceding the election. As it turned out, in the late 1990’s, Uladzimir Niaklajeu spent some time in Poland and Finland, the Belarusian service of Radio Liberty reports.
«The main proof of residence is a residence permit in the passport. If it was not changed, then everything is ok. But if there are evidences that Mr. Niaklajeu lived abroad for a while, if he applies for registration, we will surely ask him to explain. First, how much time did he miss? «Maybe this were a few months. It’s estimated, and we must determine. In general, legally a constant check is a permanent residence», Lydia Yermoshina explained.
In this regard, the chairman of the Central Election Commission believes that the situation may be resolved only after the direct talk with Uladzimir Niaklajeu. «And if he refuses, it will be necessary to query the data of State Committee of Border Troops. There are the stamps on the border in the passport, we may also look through them. In Belarus we have single passports, there is no special passports for foreign visits», Lydia Yermoshina said.
Uladzimir Niaklajeu himself is currently abroad. His spokeswoman Yuliya Rymasheuskaya noted that Uladzimir Niaklajeu did not violate the constitutional requirement for presidential candidates to be a permanent resident in the country for ten years.
Niaklajeu left to foreign countries «for some reasons», Rymasheuskaya
«Yes, he left to foreign countries, but he left, as it were, under certain circumstances. And he used to come back to Belarus, he changed his documents here. He did not ask for asylum, he did not ask there some things that could be the signs that he was going to leave the country permanently or for ten years, for example. So we do not think that this could be a problem for his registration as a candidate», Yuliya Rymasheuskaya said.
In turn, Sergey Alpher, expert in election law, believes that there are no legal grounds for CEC to refuse to register Uladzimir Niaklajeu.
«The issue of Uladzimir Niaklajeu is much easier than the issue of Zianon Pazniak. As I read in the media, Uladzimir Niaklajeu did not ask for political asylum. He left Belarus and created his works of art abroad. He has a passport, he has no passport of foreign countries. And here, I think, it is very difficult to find fault with him. It was much easier to find fault with Pazniak,» the expert said.
«Secondly, it’s possible to use the decision of the Constitutional Court on this issue. And although its decision is not absolutely mandatory, however it was used in 2006 when registrating the action group of Zianon Pazniak. And the action group of Zianon Pazniak was registered in 2001 without any decision of the Constitutional Court «, Sergey Alpher said.

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