Photo: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly from Copenhagen, Denmark – speeches by CEC President Lidia Yermoshina parliamentary observers, Minsk, September 9, 2016 Photo: ru.wikipedia.org
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has replaced the head of the Central Election Commission of the Republic. Lidia Yermoshina, who has headed the committee since 1996, has resigned.
Now Igor Karpenko will take over this post. He was previously the country's education minister. According to BelTA, Vladimir Andreichenko, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus, and Igor Petrishenko, Deputy Prime Minister, recommended him to this position.
Five members of the Belarusian parliament A central commission was also appointed. They are Elena Baldovskaya, Vadim Ipatov, Sergei Kalinovsky, Denis Duk and Alexander Juzhik.
Yermoshin's resignation took place on the eve of the constitutional referendum, which is expected in February 2022. She herself previously expressed the opinion that the optimal time for a referendum on the draft new constitution for Belarus could be December 2021. The vote should be associated with the holding of local elections, which must take place by 18 January 2022, because in this case it will require at least additional costs.