Publication
Sep 2012
This paper illustrates how campaigns for Belarusian parliamentary elections highlight the nature of its political system. The main factors that distinguish Belarus from democratic countries are the marginal importance of the parliament, concentration of power in the institution of the president, the almost invisible role of the opposition and a defective system of counting votes (such as early voting) which encourages fraud and manipulation of the results.
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Author | Anna Maria Dyner |
Series | PISM Policy Papers |
Issue | 36 |
Publisher | Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) |
Copyright | © 2012 Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) |