Freedom Day organizers get first refusals
One of
the event's initiators Viktar Ivashkevich has informed "Euroradio"
that the officials are supposed to send their reply to the application which
was filed on 23 February no later than on 20
March – 5 days before the event.
At the same time, the head of the organizational committee
for Freedom Day celebration Uladzimir Kolas stated that they received refusals
in provision of premises for conducting a round table discussion "The Role
of the BPR in the process of establishment of the Belarusian national
identity" on 25 March. Besides, it was planned to invite officials from
different ministries and institutions, scientists, political scientists and
journalists from different media, to the event.
Uladzimir
Kolas: "The hotels which have conference-halls, like
"Victoria" or "Crown Plaza" refuse us as soon as they find
out the aim of the event, although they admitted that they had free halls
during preliminary negotiations".
As the organizers don't know the exact place of the event yet, they
cannot send invitations to officials and scientists. In connection with the
refusals, says Kolas, they decided to conduct the round table discussion at the
office of the BPF party, which, naturally, automatically decreases the number
of possible participants. In the opinion of the organizational committee's
head, the officials will definitely refuse to come to this office.
