10 candidates to compete for presidency in Belarus

The Central Electoral Commission of Belarus believes that 10 candidates will participate in the presidential elections on October 11, the head of the Commission, Lidia Yermoshina, said.

"We do not allocate money for the election campaign. The only expense (which depends on the number of applicants) is the number of signature sheets: we endow initiative groups with signature sheets...We expect that there will be 10 initiative groups. Each group will receive a number of sheets, enough to collect 100 thousand signatures," RIA Novosti cited her as saying.