BAJ to sit on supervisory board for mass media

As before, the Super­vi­so­ry Board is to con­sid­er dis­putes relat­ed to the use of mass media, as well as appeals from vot­ers and orga­ni­za­tions about vio­la­tions of the cam­paign­ing rules. Among oth­er things, the Super­vi­so­ry Board is enti­tled to make rec­om­men­da­tions and opin­ions on the use of mass media dur­ing the elec­tion peri­od.

This year, Andrei Bas­tunets, BAJ Chair­man, has become a mem­ber of the Super­vi­so­ry Board. He is the only rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the non-state media sec­tor in the Board.

Oth­er mem­bers of the Board are: first Deputy Min­is­ter of Infor­ma­tion Pavel Lioh­ki (Chair­man), Deputy Chair­man of the pro-gov­ern­men­tal Belaru­sian Union of Jour­nal­ists Siarhei Sverku­nou (Deputy Chair­man), for­mer Infor­ma­tion Min­is­ter and cur­rent MP Liliya Ananich (Sec­re­tary), rep­re­sen­ta­tives of state TV and radio com­pa­ny Anton Vasiuke­vich and Hleb Shul­man, Deputy Direc­tor of the Belarus Segod­nya Pub­lish­ing House Mikhail Liabedzik.