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Broadcasting of Addresses by Parliamentary Candidates to Begin on September 3
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The broadcasting of addresses by parliamentary candidates will begin on September 3, Mikalaj Lazavik, secretary of the central election commission, told BelaPAN.
The pre-recorded five-minute speeches are to be broadcast in the period between September 3 and 19 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for television addresses and from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. for radio addresses. All candidates in an electoral district are to have their addresses broadcast on one date. The broadcasters are to announce the schedule of appearances beforehand.
Television addresses by candidates in the city of Minsk are to be broadcast by Lad, a channel of the Belarusian State Television and Radio Company, those by candidates in the Minsk region by the STV network, and those by other candidates by the respective regional TV networks.
Radio addresses by candidates in the city of Minsk and the Minsk region are to be broadcast by the Stalica radio station and those by other candidates by the respective regional radio networks.
Alaksandar Dabravolski, a member of the United Civic Party, whose address is to air on Lad on September 3, complained in an interview with BelaPAN that he would not be able to cover his party's program within five minutes.
According to him, the broadcaster prohibited him from mentioning the name of the Web site where his viewers could visit for details.
On the same day, the Stalica radio station is to broadcast an address by Ihar Rynkievic, a member of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Hramada."
Television addresses by Volha Kazulina, a daughter of former presidential candidate Alaksandar Kazulin, Anatol Labiedzka, chairman of the United Civic Party, and Siarhiej Kalakin, chairman of the Belarusian Party of Communists, are to be showed on September 9, 12, and 16, respectively.
Stanislaw Shushkievic, chairman of the Belarusian Social Democratic Hramada, has refused to use the airtime available to him as a parliamentary candidate. He explained in an interview with BelaPAN that he would be delivering a speech to the State Great Khural (parliament) of Mongolia on September 9, when his televised address was supposed to go on the air.
The media monitoring group of the Belarusian Association of Journalists says that candidates have been given too little time to address their voters, and that their speeches will not reach a large audience because of the low ratings of the broadcasters and an inconvenient schedule.
BelaPAN