Will Popular Front return $50 to Central Election Commssion?
A district election commission demands that 436 thousand roubles allocated from the public budget for the party candidate's campaign be returned to the CEC.
Vital Makarenka, Belarusian Popular Front candidate in Mahilyou, decided to accept the money for agitation leaflets from CEC although the party did not recommend it. The district election commission has demanded to return the money now. But who should return the sum of 436 thousand 800 roubles?
Vital Makaranka: "According to the Electoral Code, the party congress should return the money. But it is not a legal entity and it has no accounts."
Mikalai Lazavik says that this problem can be solved easily.
Mikalai Lazavik: "The party congress is the party's administrative body. If the election campaign is not finished, the party will have to compensate all the expenses."
Deputy head of the BPF Party Ihar Lyalkou agrees with Lazavik. But the party will take time returning the money.
They will consult lawyers to find out whether it is possible to avoid paying.
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