Elections to Council of Republic were recognized valid in all regions and Minsk

      The elections to the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus were recognized valid in all the regions of Belarus and the city of Minsk.
      Members of the Council of the Republic are chosen at sessions of local councils in each region and the  Minsk City Council – eight people from each region and the city of Minsk. Another eight senators are appointed by the President of Belarus.
      The new senators include all Oblast Governors (6 members). Members of the Minsk City Council upheld the candidacies of Speaker of the Council of the Republic Anatoly Rubinov, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences Anatoly Rusetsky, Minsk Mayor Nikolai Ladutko, Chairman of the Board of Amkodor Alexander Shakutin, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the BRSM Youth Union Igor Buzovsky
       Among other senators are heads of industrial enterprises and businessmen.
Presidiums of regional councils of deputies and the Minsk City Council of Deputies are to submit the necessary documents to the Central Election Commission within two days after they hold sessions. Registration of newly elected members of the Council of the Republic will be held before 5 October.