September 15 at an extraordinary congress of the Party of the Belarusian Popular Front decided to withdraw their candidates, said "Viasna".

"All of our candidates in this company have done everything possible and have worked extremely well! All TV and radio broadcasts of our candidates were on the air, dozens of local newspapers was printed platform BNF " , - concluded the campaign leader Yanukevich .

31 candidates from the BNF were withdrawn from the election.

September 15 is also a congress of the United Civil Party, which has also decided to withdraw from the election of 38 candidates.

Both parties explained their removal that the government failed to fulfill their basic requirements: the transparency of local election commissions and the release of political prisoners.