A member of the Conservative Christian Party Belarusian Popular Front Jan Dzyarzhautsau complained administration officials Pervomaisky district of Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee and in the city prosecutor's office. According to the complainant, officials grossly violated the law, so he asked to bring them to justice. Executive Committee dismissed the Derzhavtseva without consideration on the merits, as prosecutors try to limit the formal reply.

Jan Dzyarzhautsau and his fellow party member Peter Sarapenya fed to the chairman of the administration of Pervomaisky district of Vitebsk statement picket November 7, 2014. Party activists during picketing supposed to inform the Vitebsk citizens about the consequences of the Bolshevik October revolution and the need to ban the Communist Party and its ideology on the territory of Belarus. The application was filed in a timely manner and in compliance with all necessary formalities. However, despite this, a picket was prohibited.

The next day, after receiving a response №15-16 / D-8 of the district administration to ban declared picket Jan Dzyarzhautsau filed a complaint in the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee. In the complaint, Mr. Yang drew attention to the "gross violations of applicable law by the senior officials of the administration of Pervomaisky district of Vitebsk", resulting in the violation of the rights and legitimate interests of citizens.

Firstly, the response was not signed by the Deputy Head of Administration Olga Gurchenko, and hence had no legal force. And secondly, the response was sent to the applicant with a delay of at least a day, which is a violation of Article 6 of the Law "On mass events in Belarus." In a statement to the Executive Committee Jan Dzyarzhautsau asked "to bring to justice officials responsible for violations of the current legislation."

In a letter of Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, which was signed by Alexei Matyushko business manager, reported that "in accordance with the third paragraph of paragraph 1 of Article 15 of the Law of 18 July 2011," On the complaints of citizens and legal entities, "the complaint is left without consideration" because it is "subject to judicial review."

This answer did not satisfy the applicant and he filed another complaint - the prosecutor's office of Vitebsk. In its regular complaint Jan Dzyarzhautsau requested to apply to the clerk Gurchenko measures prosecutorial response, since that violate applicable law and its legitimate interests and rights.

December 30, 2014, Mr. Yang received a reply signed by the prosecutor of Vitebsk Senior Advisor of Justice Yuri Romanovsky: "The prosecutor's office conducted an audit of the legality of the administration officials Pervomaisky district." As a result of checking the prosecutor's office "taken prosecutorial response" with the requirement to prosecute officials who violate the law.

According to Ian Derzhavtseva, prosecutors this answer is formal replies: "Because of the answer and it is unclear whether the perpetrators punished employees Chairman of the district administration, or a blind eye to violations. My opinion is that dog does not eat dog, as the legitimate authority in Belarus no."

When this material was prepared for publication, it became known about the development history. At the end of January 2015 Jan Dzyarzhautsau finally was able to make an oral response from the Attorney Julia Lazarenko, who is directly involved in the case: "The writing she did not answer. It was only after I studded all thresholds prosecutors, she informed me that the chief specialist on ideology, culture and youth affairs of administration Pervomajskaya Paul Golovach, so to speak kindly asked him to chose a punishment for something that does not give the opposition response to this statement on their picket . How to choose was not anything else - head of the administration proposed to make P. Golovachov only remark - to which he graciously agreed and ruined his reputation so "terrible punishment." Relations of power with the opposition resemble a farce, Relations of power with the opposition resemble a farce, and this farce lasts too long."