“Tell the Truth” didn't succeed in appealing registration denial
The
Supreme Court of Belarus dismissed the complaint of the campaign
"Tell the Truth" at the refusal of the Ministry of Justice
to register the public association. The corresponding decision was
voiced on 7 August by Judge Valiantsin Kulik. The Ministry of Justice
explained its refusal to register the association by a reference to
two "irremediable" violations.
According to the
Ministry of Justice, one of the violations is the expired guarantee
letter for the provision of a legal address to the association.
However, representatives of “Tell the Truth” argue that the
letter was valid during the presentation of the documents to the
ministry (on 8 May). “The term of its action ended on 31 May and
the Ministry of Justice protracted the time
for as long as they could and then stated that we
didn't have a
legal address. However, we could bring them
a new guarantee letter any time”, pointed an activist of the
campaign Siarhei Vazniak.
Mr.
Vazniak also called the second violation, drawn by the Ministry of
Justice, a plain stupidity of the state officials. “The Ministry of
Justice state that the number of the members of the Board of our
association is not specified. In fact, it is determined – there are
five members in the Board, and their surnames were listed. There are
no violations at all,” emphasized the activist.
The
latest Constituent Assembly of
"Tell the Truth" was held on 13
April in Minsk. It was attended by about 60
delegates from the regions of Belarus and Minsk. The
leader of the civil campaign “Tell the Truth!”, candidate at the
presidential election of 2011 Uladzimir Niakliayeu was elected its
chairman and Andrei Dzmitryieu was elected his deputy.
The
aim of the association is to "promote the
building of a
democratic constitutional
and socially oriented state in Belarus, the
development of civil society and
the people's economy
and strengthening
of the patriotic traditions of the
Belarusian people".
This was the third attempt of the
civil campaign "Tell the Truth" to obtain
the official registration.
The first
constituent assembly of the national
research and educational institution "Tell
the Truth!" was held at the end of November 2010 and
the second – in June 2011.