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Article 43
 

Powers of the District Commission on the Holding of Voting for Recall of a Deputy of the Chamber of Representatives or a Deputy of the Oblast Council of Deputies

 

The district commission on the holding of voting for recall of a Deputy of the Chamber of Representatives or a deputy of the Oblast Council of Deputies shall:

1) organise the holding of voting for recall of the deputy and exercise control over the fulfilment of the requirements of this Code and other legislative acts of the Republic of Belarus on recall of the deputy in the territory of the electoral district;

2) direct activities of the precinct commissions;

3) control over the compilation of the lists of citizens who have the right to take part in the voting for recall of the deputy and the submission of them for familiarisation by everyone;

4) approve the text of the ballot paper for voting for recall of the deputy and provide for the making of ballot papers and supply of them to the precinct commissions;

5) manage the monetary resources allocated for the preparation and the holding of voting for recall of the deputy and distribute part of these resources among the precinct commissions and exercise control over the target use of the allocated resources; control over the provision to the precinct commissions of rooms, transport facilities, communication facilities and consider other issues of material, technical and organisational support for securing of the voting for recall of the deputy; and

6) consider applications and complaints against decisions and actions of precinct commissions and take decisions on them.

 

The precinct commission on the holding of voting for recall of the deputy of the Chamber of Representatives shall determine the results of the voting for recall of the deputy and take decision on acknowledging the deputy as being recalled by the electors whereas the precinct commission on the holding of voting for recall of the deputy of the Oblast Council of Deputies shall determine the results of the voting for recall of the deputy of the Oblast Council of Deputies, make up record about this and forward it to the Oblast territorial electoral commission.

 

Powers of the commissions mentioned in this article shall terminate after the official publication of the results of voting for recall of the deputy.