Yaraslau Bernikovich applied for work at police “too late”
Seeing
an announcement about a vacancy in the police in the local newspaper
“Volnaye Hlybokaye”, the local oppositionist filed a written
statement of employment as a senior police inspector of information
systems. Two days later he received a refusal.
The official
reason for the denial is that "another other person submitted an
application earlier". This is the explanation offered by the
head of the ideological department of the Hlybokaye District Police
Department.
"They phoned me and said that they had
employed another candidate who applied for the job earlier than me.
Moreover, it was pointed out that it was "the only reason”. I
didn't hope for the employment at the police too much, but it was
quite interesting whether they would employ an oppositionist with an
appropriate education and what reasons they could provide for a
refusal," commented Mr. Bernikovich.
Yaraslau Bernikovich
has a diploma in the specialty "politico-legal activity”. He
is a well-known regional opposition activist, who regularly
participates in election campaigns. During the last election campaign
he left the Belarusian Popular Front, a member of which he had been
for quite a long time, as he didn't share the position of the party
concerning the participation in the election. He is an activist of
the civil initiative “Tell the Truth” and the founder of the
private publishing and advertising enterprise “Prefect-info”.
