BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

22/09/2008

Belarus opposition calls for rally on election day

FOCUS News Agency

Minsk. The opposition in Belarus Sunday called for a rally in the capital Minsk on parliamentary elections day to protest "electoral fraud," the joint opposition forces' press service said as cited by AFP.

The political council of democratic forces, which includes leaders of six major opposition parties and several non-governmental groups, "called on voters to join the rally protesting electoral fraud" on September 28, the press service said.

The rally is due to be held next Sunday at 8:00 pm local time (1700 GMT) on the October Square, where thousands of demonstrators gathered to protest against the results of the March 2006 presidential vote, setting up a tent town.

The political council also urged the international community "to recognize that the elections were neither free nor democratic and that a new parliament would not be legitimate," the press service said.

Source:

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n153519

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