Is that a Threat?
A revolution is historically unavoidable in Belarus. March 25 will mark the beginning of the fall of this government
- Andrey Klimaw
Full context from Radio Free Europe:
The Minsk city administration has rejected a request by opposition politician Andrey Klimaw to stage a downtown protest rally on 25 March, Belapan News reported on 22 March. Klimaw says he intended to assemble up to 100,000 people to protest Alyaksandr Lukashenka's intention to run for a third presidential term. Klimaw told Belapan he is not surprised by the refusal, although the explanation baffles him. The city government told him that the location where he intended to hold the rally, Kastrychnitskaya Square, is not designed for events involving more than 1,000 people and that he had not produced a letter guaranteeing that he would pay for cleaning the square afterward. Klimaw said, "A revolution is historically unavoidable in Belarus. March 25 will mark the beginning of the fall of this government," Belapan reported.
100,000 people is a bit ambitious, I think.
Klimaw was an opposition member of parliament before Lukashenko forcibly disolved that body in 1999. Subsequent to criticizing the President for that power grab, he was put on a show trial for what certainly appear to be trumped up charges, and finally was released after serving 4 years of a 7 year sentence. Be watching Friday to see if he managed to pull anything off.
- Andrey Klimaw
Full context from Radio Free Europe:
The Minsk city administration has rejected a request by opposition politician Andrey Klimaw to stage a downtown protest rally on 25 March, Belapan News reported on 22 March. Klimaw says he intended to assemble up to 100,000 people to protest Alyaksandr Lukashenka's intention to run for a third presidential term. Klimaw told Belapan he is not surprised by the refusal, although the explanation baffles him. The city government told him that the location where he intended to hold the rally, Kastrychnitskaya Square, is not designed for events involving more than 1,000 people and that he had not produced a letter guaranteeing that he would pay for cleaning the square afterward. Klimaw said, "A revolution is historically unavoidable in Belarus. March 25 will mark the beginning of the fall of this government," Belapan reported.
100,000 people is a bit ambitious, I think.
Klimaw was an opposition member of parliament before Lukashenko forcibly disolved that body in 1999. Subsequent to criticizing the President for that power grab, he was put on a show trial for what certainly appear to be trumped up charges, and finally was released after serving 4 years of a 7 year sentence. Be watching Friday to see if he managed to pull anything off.
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