Konstantin Avershin: the work of the Public Election Observation Centre has become a Belarusian know-how

At the invitation of both chambers of the National Assembly and the Central Election Commission of Belarus, the CSTO parliamentarians arrived in Belarus to observe the election campaign.

The deputies started their mission by meeting the chairmen of both Chambers of the Parliament and of the Central Election Commission. On February 25, they visited polling stations, as well as the Public Election Observation Centre.

Konstantin Avershin, member of the Committee on International Affairs, Defence and Security of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, noted that the organization of the Centre's work surprised him by its prompt decisions.

"Personally, I was eager to familiarize myself with the work of the Public Election Observation Centre, since I was one of the initiators of the adoption of the Law on Public Control of Elections in Kazakhstan. It was interesting to learn how it is implemented in Belarus. They told us everything in detail and clearly demonstrated their work. A very interesting algorithm has been developed. We are leaving with good and positive impressions of both the work of the Centre and the election process in the Republic of Belarus," said Konstantin Avershin.

Vadim Grachev, deputy Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus, conducted a tour of the Centre and answered all the questions of the CSTO parliamentarians.

"We have organized our work in such a way that not only our observers, but also the voters themselves could inform us about what is happening at the polling stations. For this purpose we had a "hotline" and a chat-bot of the Telegram channel 'Vedetsya Nablyudenie' ('Observation in progress'). In general, about 400 people contacted us during the whole voting process," said Vadim Grachev.

He emphasized that no polling station was left without observation. Even voting at closed polling stations was held in the presence of observers. And in the regions observers traveled to witness voting at home.