Yan Dziarzhautsau proposes authorities to join organization of pickets
Vitsebsk activist of the Conservative-Christian Party
"Belarusian Popular Front" Yan Dziarzhautsau filed applications for
authorization of 6 more pickets with the three district executive committees of
Vitsebsk.
While prohibiting opposition's actions, the authorities usually refer to ruling
#881, adopted by the Vitsebsk Regional Executive Committee on 10 July 2009.
According to point 3 of this decision, organizers of mass events need to
conclude service agreements with police, medics and public utilities provided
the events take place without participation of state officials. However, these
institutions have always refused to sign such agreements for different reasons
during the last 18 months. Seeing no other ways out, the applicant decided to
propose the authorities to join the organization of the pikets.
Mr. Dziarzhautsau thinks that the topics of the pickets are very important for
the society. On 22 April he wants to hold pickets in three districts of
Vitsebsk in order to inform the population about the role of the Communist
ideology in destruction of the national culture, language and identity of the
Belarusian people. On 26 April he wants to hold three more pickets, dedicated
to the anniversary of the Chernobyl accident. He also wants to discuss the
possible circumstances of the construction of a nuclear power plant on the
territory of Belarus.
