LOCAL PRESS CLAIMS
VOTING IRREGULARITIES
TELEGRAF.BY REPORTS
No sooner had the organizers of “Eurofest” determined the representative of Belarus at the annual song contest “Eurovision,” then the results of the qualifying competitions drew the attention of social networks users. Thus, photos of the official papers with urgent recommendations of officials to support Alyona Lanskaya at the final vote appeared on the internet.
February 10, there was information in the network that Vitsebsk officials had sent letters to the subordinate organizations to distribute Alyona Lanskaya’s business card and “to support her during the interactive voting together with the family and friends,” said TUT.by.
But this is not the only fact which cast doubt on the results of the qualifying round is not for the European competition. In another document, employees of education department of Asipovichy Executive Committee report that “it is necessary to carry out organizational work and organize SMS-voting support among students.”
However, there’s no official confirmation of such documents. Still, many Belarusians do not exclude that such papers could really exist. Some people think that this a PR-planned move.
