Extensive use of Belarusian language in sports, advertisement, social services and networks declared a priority of "Office Work in Belarusian!" in 2013
The civil initiative "Office Work
in Belarusian!" submitted letters with proposals on the
extension of the use of the Belarusian to all regional, city and
village executive committees.
Every year, the campaign
coordinator Ihar Sluchak and his allies address representatives of
the local authorities and self-government with proposals on the
promotion of the Belarusian language. "Some of the points remain
unchanged from one year to another, while new ones keep appearing as
well – for instance, financial rewards to those who use the
Belarusian language in the office work, creation of
Belarusian-language versions of websites, etc. Apart from this, one
of the aims is to remind about the issue of the Belarusian language
and find about the official view on it from representatives of the
local authorities," stated Ihar Sluchak.
He stated that
the promotion of the Belarusian language in the sphere of sports,
advertisement, social services and networks were the priority
directions of the campaign's activities for 2013.
"Office
Work in Belarusian!" also addressed football clubs with the
proposal to extend the use of the mother tongue. The football club
"Home" answered that in 2012 the matches were announced in
Belarusian and this practice would continue in 2013, whereas all
other proposals on the Belaruziation would be read by the club
administration to the crew and discussed. The football club "BATE"
also demonstrated a positive attitude to the submitted proposals,
promising that "measures aimed at more active use of the native
language in the sphere of the Belarusian football may be taken in the
new season".
