Zmitser Bandarenka: “My whole family and my friends will be on the square”

The politician called on the veterans of the special task forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate and the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany to come to the square at 8:00 pm, December 19.

Zmitser Bandarenka, a coordinator of the civil campaign European Belarus, received this morning a telephone call from major Ivan Hutouski at the Leninski district police department. The officer tried to persuade the politician from going to October Square on the election day. In particular, the policeman told he knew Bandarenka planned to be on the square and warned the latter would be punished if he did “something”.

“I said I despised such persons as he was. All policemen have an example of lieutenant-colonel Kazlou, who revealed the truth about falsifications.

My whole family and I will be on the square. I’ve already called to all my friends and acquaintances and invited them to the square. Many people plan to go to streets, even those who have never been there before. I urge all people who know me, everyone who visited Chernobyl Way rallies, Marches of Freedom, protest actions in 2006, everyone who joined Sannikov’s campaign to come to the square at 8:00 pm, December 19. Spend the remaining time phoning to your friends, acquaintances, classmates, colleagues and inviting them to come. I am sure we will win this time.

I invited all former students of Physical Culture Institute, from which I graduated. I call on the soldiers who served in the special task forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate in East Germany, all Belarusians who served in the GRU special task forces, everyone who served in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, all real men to the oath we had given to our people, to make our country really free,” Zmitser Bandarenka said.