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Why Belarusian “deputies” don’t have to wait in line even to buy a train ticket?

Queues at the Belarusian railway station have greatly decreased since the train tickets are sold on the internet. Now, it’s mostly women and men “over fifty” who come to the railway ticket offices, because they are still more accustomed to come and buy a ticket in person rather than to make the purchase using a computer, Salidarnasts informs.

However, people queue at the station in the evenings. There are two ticket offices, located at the left side of the hall, which usually attract attention of the potential passengers. Usually, the queues are shorter in front of them, but people don’t risk to join them, just in case.

One of the ticket offices is for “railroad workers”. The staff of the Belarusian Railways are trying to get there from time to time.

– We are railroad workers, we have the right not to wait in the line, – a middle-aged couple came up to the window of the ticket office.

– And I am a doctor, why I should let you go before me? – one of the men in the line said with indignation. – Wait till you come to my hospital, I will also tell you like this.

The board over the second ticket office informs: “For deputies of House of Representatives, members of the Council of the Republic, all groups and categories of persons with disabilities, participants of the Great Patriotic War.” And if you think that the ticket office is called “deputy” only formally, and that representatives of the authorities do not appear here themselves, you are wrong.

– I am in priority, – an important-looking man in suit quickly showed his identity document and all parted.

The man ignored all the questions, as well as all requests to show the document closely. And having received his ticket, the legislator left “on urgent business”.

It is clear that there is an unwritten rule in the majority of Belarusian government agencies – to serve “fellow-workers” without queuing. The surprise is that in this case it is done entirely openly. Even in a pointed manner.

As for the “deputies”, it would be fair to mention that this population category is provided with benefits not only in Belarus. Such practice exists in many European countries. It is even possible that they have the same right not to stand in line together with ordinary citizens.

However, something tells us, that none of the European deputies would dare to use this right.

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