19 March 2024, Tuesday, 12:17
Support
the website
Sim Sim,
Charter 97!
Categories

8,000 People Signed Petition Against Decree "On Parasites" Over Two Days

31
8,000 People Signed Petition Against Decree "On Parasites" Over Two Days
ANDREI STRYZHAK

The campaign for the abolition of the decree on "parasites" continues in Belarus.

Over the last two days the campaign organizers have gathered more than 8,000 signatures under the electron petition.

REP trade union activist Andrei Stryzhak told the website Charter97.org how the fight against the illegal decree goes.

"I want to tell about how the collection of signatures for the abolition of the Decree №3 is carried out.

The Zvarot.by team regularly checks the base of the signatories for the presence of clone signatures (signed up several times) and deletes them. In the evening of January 17, the site was laid out due to an unprecedented influx of visitors, after the channel was widened, at the late night we could not fix a bug due to which the site threw an "error" message, informing it was unable to send a signature. Nevertheless, the signatures were recorded in the system and we got a huge number of clone signatures, which we deleted in the morning.

We’ve coped with that situation and everything is working normally.

Our signatures are read by officials, they even are obliged to respond according to the law "On citizens’ submissions." An electronic submission, if it is signed properly (your name, address, e-mail) is to be considered and the public authorities have to respond.

We do not ask, we demand. And this is not a kowtow, but a clear message from the people, that they don’t want to be treated like that. The decree must be repealed.

The Decree №3 is called "On the prevention of social dependency." But it is referred to the financing of holes in the budget by our citizens. In fact, the state is not interested in this decree whether we have a job, money, whether we are protected socially. The essence of the Decree is GIVE. To finance state needs, the necessity and relevance of which we are never asked about. We see the injustice of the decree, we understand its danger for the civil peace in the country. The decree must be repealed. Have you got any questions about what and why we are doing? Write in the comments. And of course put the signatures for the repeal of the Decree №3 here."

Write your comment 31

Follow Charter97.org social media accounts