Yarmoshyna wants everything to be like in America

• 25.07.2008, 9:57

Head of the Central Election Commission of Belarusian Lidziya Yarmoshyna thinks early voting is “an extremely progressive measure”.

She said it on 24 July during an on-line conference at BelTA website.

“I think that early voting is an extremely progressive measure, which is very convenient for voters. Because it gives opportunity to vote for those people, who have other important plans for Sunday. So, I stand for preservation of the early voting, moreover, such “models of democracy”, as the United States, for example, use early voting from 3 to 45 days. So, in my view, it is convenient and should be applied,” L. Yarmoshyna said.

However, as it is known, Belarusian CEC head Lidziya Yarmoshyna isn’t considered to be a “progressive” figure by the US. She is banned entry to the USA and the EU for falsification of the electoral campaigns in Belarus. She hasn’t been allowed to OSCE conference in Vienne recently.

As US Charge D’Affaires to Belarus Jonathan Moore told in an interview to the Charter’97 press center, electoral process is transparent and open in the US unlike in Belarus. “All procedures of voting and election are absolutely transparent and open for observers. Results of election do not admit of doubt,” Jonathan Moore said.