Procedure of Nomination of Candidates for Deputies of Local Councils of Deputies by Labour Collectives
Nomination of candidates for deputies of local Councils of Deputies from labour collectives of organisations shall be made at meetings (conferences) of electors in labour collectives.
Nomination of candidates for deputies of the Oblast and the Minsk City Councils of Deputies shall be made by labour collectives located in the territory of the respective electoral district whereas nomination of candidates to the regional, town, settlement and rural Councils of Deputies - by labour collectives located in the territory of the respective local Councils of Deputies.
Meetings (conferences) of electors in labour collectives of organisations shall be convened by the administration of the enterprise, institution or organisation both at their own initiative and at the initiative of a group of electors in the number of not less than 10 persons who work in the organisation. Meetings of electors in labour collectives for the nomination of candidates for deputies may be held:
when nominating candidates for deputies of the Oblast or the Minsk City Councils of Deputies – in collectives having not less than 150 workers;
when nominating candidates for deputies of the regional or town (in towns subordinated to Oblast) Councils of Deputies – in collectives having not less than 75 workers;
when nominating candidates for deputies of the town (in towns subordinated to region), settlement and rural Councils of Deputies – in collectives having not less than 20 workers.
Appeal against denial by the administration of the holding of a meeting (conference) and determination of the competence of the meeting (conference) of the labour collective and of the decision taken shall be made according to the procedure stipulated by parts three and four of Article 63 of this Code.
A candidate for deputy of a local Council of Deputies may be nominated from several smaller labour collectives with the total number of workers established in part three of this article at their general meeting. The meeting shall be competent if more than half of the members is present from each such collective of the enterprise, institution or organisation.
Meetings of electors for the nomination of candidates for deputies of the local Councils of Deputies may be held in structural divisions of organisations provided that, when they nominate a candidate for deputy of the respective local Council of Deputies, their number meets the requirements of part three of this article. According to the procedure stipulated by part five of this article a candidate for deputy of the local Council of Deputies may be nominated from several structural divisions or from several labour collectives and structural divisions at their joint meeting. When a candidate for deputy is nominated in a structural subdivision (structural subdivisions), no candidate for deputy shall be nominated from the entire labour collective.
The labour collective of an organisation or collectives of their structural subdivisions shall have the right to nominate only one candidate for deputy of each level of local Councils of Deputies observing the requirements of part three of this article.
