Oppositionist tried for graffiti “Ban Resolution No.991!”

An activist of the Young Front Aleh Valatouski was kept in the police department of te railway station of Minsk for the whole night.

As informed by the Radio Svaboda, the young activist was detained on August 5 not far from the station, when he was making graffiti on a concrete wall: “Ban resolution No. 991!” and “Government must resign!”

Policemen drew up an administrative report for damage to private property.

The detained activist of the Young Front Aleh Valatouski was released only at daytime. At 3 p.m. he was to come to the police department again, and he is to be taken to the court from that place.

As we have informed, on July 28 Resolution No. 991 came into force. It banned intermediaries in trade. According to the resolution, all legal entities are to buy goods only from manufacturers or from official dealers.

The head of the government Syarhei Sidorski there are arguments in favour of this decision. As said by him, the difference in price for the same good bought by Belarusian enterprises in Belarus varies from 30% to 260%.

On August 4 Alyaksandr Lukashenka demanded the Prime Minister “to immediately deal with the situation” which was shaped after the resolution’s adoption “and take measures to rectify it”. On the evening of the same day it was reported the Council of Ministers denounced the resolution. As said by businessmen, over the days of forced downtime caused by the resolution No. 991, Belarusian companies have lost from $5,000 to $100,000.