and uh, indeed. for us, this is a new form, because we combine the election of a deputy of the election of deputies of the house of representatives and the election of deputies of local soviets , from the regional to the village councils. here is the deputy of all levels in total . we will have to elect 110 deputies. uh, houses of representatives and , uh, about 12,500 deputies of local soviets . the work, including various state authorities, is accepted by budgets, local, etc., the first single voting day in the history of belarus will be held on february 25, 2024. in minsk , voters will receive two ballots for the election of deputies to the house of representatives and for the election of deputies. in the minsk city

council of deputies, and in the regions the voter will receive four ballots. in particular, on the election of deputies of the chamber of representatives of the regional council of the district council and its settlement village council according to the updated constitution no later than 2 months 60 days. after a single voting day , the entire belarusian people's assembly must pass , so the deadline for its holding is april 24, 24. will the number of polling stations, maybe members of election commissions, change in any way , that is, there will be some innovations here, taking into account the fact that we are essentially combining several election campaigns into one at once. well, i talked about this today, that we hmm there's no definite savings going on funds, because we are combining into one company, in fact, two companies that used to be carried out independently each, and the second we will be precinct

commissions, uh, in a shorter time. that is , a month before the single voting day. this also gives us the effect of a certain savings. well, ah, the number of commissions, uh, for uh, territorial and district commissions, has decreased a little, but at the same time, the number of precinct commissions has been from 5 to 19 people. remained the same in line, uh, with the change of additions in the electoral code, which were adopted in the development of the constitutional reform. in any case, it is. well, let's call it. it's a big project , a single voting day. ah. the country has been preparing for it for a long time. well, i was ready for , let's say, some failures or problems. that is, there is some kind of plan b in case. if suddenly there is something the system will not work like that or it may be a provocation at the polling stations. if they happen we will hold a single day of voting practically. tsonno, a, although

we are working on the concept of digitalization electoral process. but it's probably um. let's say so, a certain prospect for the future , and at the same time, we will spend the twenty-fourth twenty-fifth year traditionally, that is, for the voter, virtually nothing, especially will not change, they will need to come to the polling station, and get a ballot, make their conscious choice to cast ballots in the ballot box and thus the procedure will be carried out. the procedure for nominating candidates remains in the same way. eh, deputies of all levels. and the procedure remains the same. holding mass events to collect signatures for the nomination of candidates for deputies. and besides this, and informing the population will be quite wide, and the peculiarity of a single voting day will be that in a different region everyone will receive a different number of ballots, for example, in the city of minsk, they will receive only ballots for the election of deputies

of the house of representatives and the minsk city council deputies, given that they do not have lower-level soviets, but let's say somewhere in the regional in the region somewhere in in a rural locality, this means that residents will receive four ballots for the election of deputies of the village council for the election of deputies of the district council of deputies for the election of deputies of the regional council and for the election of deputies. uh, igor vasilievich of the house of representatives, to summarize the topic a little. yes, we journalists are always taught to chew on any topic in such a way that it would be possible to explain it in an accessible way, let's say to any grandmother. here, if we take the three four main elements of a single voting day, which any voter really wears to feel that the time would be noted, maybe a vote. you know that ballots are no longer allowed to be photographed, but really. well let's start with the fact that hmm early voting period. uh, the time for early voting has changed, but it's all that it will keep early voting

intact. as such, it will usually begin on tuesday and end on saturday, that is, before the single voting day. ah, but the voting time will be different; now it will be possible to come and vote at the polling station from 12:00 to 19:00, a all these 5 days of early voting without a lunch break. and why did you decide to do so? well, this makes the work of the commission a little easier. this is the lunch break. eh, some questions often arose, including with the possibility of storing the urns there , various comments were made, and so on and so forth. we decided to get away from this dinner, and the second moment , you correctly noticed, it is forbidden to photograph and publicly exhibit. this means on camera, or on the internet bulletin in which it is affixed. uh, your voice is so called it's about securing a secret wills and, uh, data. so, uh,

these actions can be regarded as agitation. on the main voting day or early voting. the next moment is e questions, e, to vote not in the place of your main e residence. that is, well, it happens that a person is registered in one place. there is a list for voting. and uh, there are situations. when there he arrived somewhere is in another place. can vote means, as before, the central election commission will determine, uh, order and documents, uh, which will confirm residence on the territory of a particular site. this is the second time. uh, the citizen will need to take a little care in advance, i mean, if earlier he could come, uh, any day. uh, show the documents. now this must be done before a single voting day. and if someone intends to nominate observers to observe the elections, a polling station or a territorial district. mission, otherwise it

will need to be done before the start of early voting. uh, it's also due to the fact that the commission does not need to carry out certain procedural actions, but in any case , check, uh, those documents that are submitted for accreditation. e, in particular, let's say. citizens can do this by collecting signatures and at least 10 people in total must sign the precinct commission, you must agree that those living in this territory need to be checked, but these citizens put forward. uh, put signatures and so on, or generally the association directs or you have to understand. and, if such a public association and whether it was competent, provocations can yes therefore, we, uh, uh, clarified these points in the legislation. and those who intend to come forward as an observer. this applies primarily to those subjects, then puts them forward. and they must strictly follow these rules . but, in general, i have already said for voters a, nothing will change much

, except that in different regions, uh, a different number of ballots will be issued. igor vasilyevich topic, the next one. i would say heavy, but it is necessary to discuss the company of the twentieth year showed well, it’s unlikely they’ll let us calmly, the next to conduct some kind of election campaigns, including the single election day, just the same in the twentieth year , they photographed these ballots. it was not always clear where they came from, but some kind of manipulation of public opinion. the internet was thrown into threatened members. uh, the election commissions were threatened by everyone throughout the cycle. that is, you are standing. here you can cook. if you are in such a scenario, they can also try to knock out. uh, the ground from under your feet, but we do not exclude that such actions may be. uh, considering the, uh, hybrid actions against our country that are being carried out, they assume this. by the way, we are fixing some points today. we held

the internet olympiad for schoolchildren in two stages, which means that we are in the second stage since the opening of e-access to tasks. uh, they quickly blocked the website of the national institute of education. we held national religious education together . true, we quickly joined, er, in this process , and the company that provided er, broadband, er, access to the internet. she rapidly increased traffic. and we sort of coped with this situation, but we must understand that messengers in social networks and so on, they must work, of course, they must clearly, uh, contribute to the electoral process of attracting citizens to polling stations. yes, but at the same time , we understand that they can be blocked. they may be, but some attempts to use them, or to remove the information that they think is there, well, is not needed for the voters in our opinion. she needed information, yes, that is, we are

understand, so today we are working on rebranding our website. so i can say that by the time the election campaign starts, the site will be presented in a new quality, including with new technical capabilities, and we will try to make sure that, despite any external attacks, external external influences, the site works like clockwork and could provide reliable information. in case there is a blocking of some of our messengers in social networks, or, uh, attempts to block, here, uh, some other internet sources all belarusian people's assembly is the highest representative body of the people of power of the republic of belarus determining the strategic directions for the development of society and the state, ensuring the inviolability of the constitutional order, the continuity of generations and civil consent based on the results of the republican referendum. on february 27

, 2022, the entire belarusian people's assembly became a constitutional body. a meeting of the federal tax service is held at least once a year. at least once at 6 months. at the end of april, 24 years old. the first all belarusian people's assembly should be created according to the rules specified in the norms of the constitution and the law of the supreme people's council. the same topic was discussed today by the head of state. i would say that even you have such a historical mission, including somehow launching this whole process. and there was a lot of talk about vns. i know there is a lot of confusion. here in april there should already be the first first later on april 25 the first sitting in the national assembly should open well, here it is necessary to clearly understand and to demarcate there is a single voting day, and this is february 25th.

e. fourth year, and after that, again, the provision of the constitution and our legislation enters that elections to the all-belarusian people's assembly must be announced by the cec no later than uh 10 days after the single voting day, that is, we will need to sum up the results of the single voting day. yes, call an election. eh, vns, from the deputy corps of local soviets and from the structure of civil society in general complexity. in the first case it will be 350 delegates. and in the second case it will be 400 delegates. that is, it is such a large army. and here it must be understood that some of the delegates will be people ex officio, including deputies of the house of representatives of the members of the council of the republic. that is, those who are elected on one voting day, including the republic not on the single voting day , will also be elected after a single day voting. and after a single day of voting will be elected deeds. dns, therefore, no later

than uh 60 days after the single voting day, the entire belarusian assembly must open your first meeting. this again, uh, one of the functions of the cec, we uh, will open the first meeting. and the chairman of the cec will be the chairman until the election of the chairman of the entire belarusian people 's assembly, by analogy with the chambers of parliament, which the central electoral commission opens after the election in the same way. that is, in principle, vns. eh, everything, everything, everything is in order with him and for what individual colleagues write on the internet, let's say comrades and opponents. today there are many political parties. uh, the public association led statutes in accordance with the requirements of the amended legislation. and we do extensive outreach. uh, met uh, with various subjects. e, related to the organization of the elections. naturally. we will meet again with those civil subjects. that whoever has the right to nominate delegates

to the entire belarusian people's assembly, again , political parties will participate in elections in electing their own deputies, and they, uh, will have the opportunity to get into the supreme people's council, either through the election of deputies chamber of representatives by electing members of the council of the republic or by electing delegates from the deputy corps. this means that representatives of various political parties will already take an active part in the united me voting, of course, for this there is a political party. any political party sets itself the task of fighting for power and, accordingly, they must participate in elections in accordance with the legislation and constitutional ones that we have here, taking into account re-registration. if anything i am now confused by the truth of me. uh, how will the parties, let's say, take place, that is. uh, when , let's say, there is a system that is used in ukraine and, in my opinion, there is one mandate in russia. and the deputies, a there is a party

list, which the party is already forming after they simply vote for it in our country, uh, the majoritarian electoral system is still preserved, that is, nothing has changed in this regard. that is, all deputies will be elected in one mandated constituency, which means that for this, e will not just go competitions. there party programs. it is also necessary that this candidate, a potential candidate for deputies, be recognizable by the anatolian territory. uh, either in one or the other constituency depending on the candidate. what kind of deputies is he nominated, if he is a deputy of parliament, then approximately the district is somewhere in the population there, let it be somewhere around 60 m, 560,000 people represent it, yes, if it is the regional council there is a little less number of years. uh, the village council, there are even fewer numbers. so on this constituency electoral party lists are held in a proportional system when the number of deputies' mandates