March against ‘parasite’ decree held in Minsk

The last day of tax payment is February 20th. In the meantime, about
10% of “parasites” out of 460 thousand people singled out by the state
have paid the tax. Among the ‘parasites’ are migrant workers, students,
women on maternity leave, pensioners, people with disabilities, and even
the dead.


Many of them took to the street tonight. They gathered on the Kastrychnitskaya Square in the center of Minsk.


Several Belarusian opposition politicians were present at the
gathering. Pavel Sevyarynets, on 15 February who passed the results of
the initiative for the abolition of the decree on “parasites” to the
Presidential Administration.The survey was conducted by belsat.eu on its
page in social networks.


According to some estimates, several thousand protesters gathered on Kastrychnitskaya Square.


People chanted “Solidarity” and marched along Independence Avenue, heading towards the Ministry of Taxes and Duties.


The march took place to the sounds of hits from the bands like ‘Brutto’. with protesters singing along.


Mikola Statkevich, another prominent Belarusian activist, said that
if within a month the Decree N3 is not canceled the rally will repeat.


The rally lasted approximately 1.5 hours.



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