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Belarusians Not to Excuse Those Who Robbed Them

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Belarusians Not to Excuse Those Who Robbed Them

The authorities failed to notice changes in people.

The leader of the Independent Union of Radio and Electronic Industry (REP) Henadz Fyadynich stated that to Charter97.org.

- Belarus still remembers the decree on "spongers", and the dictator has long spoken about the return of Soviet measures to practice on the unemployed in his "address to the people and the Parliament". What could you say about it?

- To tell the truth, I do not know what he's been up to. But now people of Belarus differ from those in the Soviet times.

Today I've heard a woman in a store. She said: "I feel like I've been robbed."

The majority of Belarusians now feel the same. People see that the state only takes from them and does not give anything in return.

If Lukashenka has decided to establish something like "labour camps", then he will fail. The people did not accept Decree No. 3, moreover, it will not allow new experiments.

The dissatisfaction with Decree No. 3 remains at a very high level. If Lukashenka thinks that he has managed to "calm down" people with dispersals on Freedom Day, he is wrong. Today a lot of issues are questionable. And it touches upon not only Decree No. 3. So-called "pension reform", road toll, constant payment increase of housing and utility services (which are still unclear), and a great number of acute social problems are among them.

The Belarusian people has drastically changed. Protest action will be continued with renewed vigour. It is impossible to survive on such poor salaries.

I'm sorry, but it's an overkill to turn people who want to work and get money into "spongers" and threaten them with "labour camps". This is unacceptable in any state, including Belarus.

The only way out for the authority is to find courage, to sit down at the round table and think over variants how to make the life of citizens and guests of the country better. Of course, it will be done without Lukashenka.

- As a Trade Union leader you often go to other countries where the rights of workers require protection. How would you compare the situation in Belarus and Venezuela, where a large-scale economic crisis led to popular protests?

- Fortunately, I did not visit Venezuela. The situation there is even tougher: people are short of food and water. The authorities have brought people to such despair that no one else asks for permission, but simply attack food shops.

I would not like to see that in Belarus. But if we make a comparison, one thing stands out: no democracy in both countries. Both Venezuela and Belarus suffer from dictatorship. And people will not tolerate dictatorial regimes.

People in Venezuela are brought to the edge, people in Belarus are deceived by the state. People know it, and no one is going to excuse it.

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