BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

14/09/2006

Belarusian Court Rejects Complaint Against Presidential Election Results

The Supreme Court has refused to consider a petition filed last month by nearly 6,000 people demanding the non-recognition of the official results of the March 19 presidential election, Belapan reported on September 12.

According to Alyaksandr Bukhvostau, an independent trade union leader who headed a group that sent the petition, the court explained its decision by saying that the matter does not fall within its jurisdiction. "I must admit there was little hope that the court would consider our complaint. We did this in order to have an opportunity to appeal to international organizations. A petition to the UN Human Rights Council will be the next link in this chain," Bukhvostau said.

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/3-cee.asp