One-Person Picket Against Law On Deferrals Takes Place In Minsk

The picket was in the form of a performance.

A one-person picket against the law on the abolition of deferments was held in Minsk. The action was streamed in the Instagram account of ProtestBy movement, tut.by writes with reference to BelaPAN.

The picket agreed with the authorities took place at the entrance to the Park of Friendship of Peoples (Bangalore Square), in one of the places designated for events on a notification basis. Police officers in civilian clothes and doctors were present at the place. The event was organized by members of the ProtestBy movement, initiated by Dzianis Tikhanenka.

The picket took the form of a performance. The activist put a table near the entrance to the park, on which he placed a banner with the text "The authorities believe that the army is more important than education. I think that #EducationIsMoreImportant. Reconvince me.

"We're all waiting for the main result - the abolition of this stupid resonance law. This picket is my small contribution to the abolition of this law,"- the activist told journalists.

"I hope that the authorities will want to argue with us and do it publicly," - he added.

The picket lasted about half an hour.

The law "On Amendments to the Laws on the Effective Functioning of the State Military Organization" was signed by Lukashenka on July 24. The document provides for a deferral of the call-up for compulsory military service for general secondary education, as well as a one-time deferral for the first education, allowing getting a specialty or profession. Thus, graduates of technical and vocational schools will have to serve in the army before they can study at the university and graduates of universities – bachelors, will have to serve in the army before they can study for a master's degree or take up a post-graduate course.