Seven presidential hopefuls including the three leading ones – former banker Viktar Babaryka, the wife of the imprisoned opposition vlogger Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the and ex-head of a hi-tech park Valery Tsapkala – have submitted signatures of support and other documents to the Central Election Commission (CEC), for verification and registration as official candidates. Babaryka, the most popular contender, has collected over 400,000 signatures, the highest number for an opposition candidate in the history of elections in Belarus.
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Belarus' riot police watch opposition supporters during a gathering to support candidates seeking to challenge President Alexander Lukashenko in the upcoming presidential elections in Minsk on June 19, 2020.
