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Mikalai Statkevich: It Will Be Interesting This Fall

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Mikalai Statkevich: It Will Be Interesting This Fall
MIKALAI STATKEVICH

The period, which is officially called “agitation,” will be used to the maximum.

Leader of the Belarusian National Congress, Chairman of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Narodnaya Hramada) Mikalai Statkevich, spoke about the opportunities that participation in the fall “parliamentary campaign” brings, in an interview to BelGazeta:

- We will formally take the decision (on participation in the “elections” - edit.) at the end of August at a meeting of the Central Committee (BSDP Narodnaya Hramada - edit.) The position of the presidium corresponds with the position of the coalition we are entering in - the Belarusian National Congress.

We do not consider this company proper elections, but we must use it for street events. We will use the legal opportunity for agitation at full, later you will see how. It will be interesting.

The geographical coverage of Belarus is important to us. I traveled around 15 cities, met people on the premises - and a significant number of people came. Now we will use pickets to collect signatures, possibly campaign pickets.

It is easy for registered parties: they voted for the nominated people - and they are candidates. Our situation is the opposite, but I think we will put forward a few dozen people.

We are counting on a large number of street rallies as part of the “election procedures” throughout Belarus. There are no elections, but, given the fact that all public activity is suppressed, we will take advantage of the opportunities offered by the pseudo-election company. So that people can come to the picket, which I will come to (I will join the initiative groups of all our candidates), to talk about their social problems. Young children who fall under the “law on postponements” are not allowed to protest - please, we will give you the opportunity to get together, be seen and heard. Signature collection pickets are the only legal opportunity to hold an action without asking permission from the authorities. There is a list of prohibited places, but you do not need to ask permission.

Let's see how we will use the period, which is officially called “agitation”. The declarative principle for campaigning works. According to the law, a picket may be banned in a prohibited place, the list of which is published, or if another candidate picketed in that place at the same time. Already in her instructions, Mrs. Yarmoshyna insolently violated the law, saying that they would determine the permitted places for campaign pickets.

I plan to go around 20 cities, and each time we will warn people in advance.

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