Popular Front party seeks to elect new leader

The BPF Party is preparing a congress to elect a new leader in 2017, Radio Racija reports.

The current party chairAlyaksei Yanukevich has occupied the position for the maximum allowed term. "I will continue my political career as a BPF member," he said.

The party activists will discuss possible Yanukevich’s successors early next year. The main candidate for the position of the party leader is Yanukevich’s deputy Ryhor Kastusyou. He was a presidential candidate in 2010.