August 20 contender in the presidential coalition "People's referendum" Tatiana Karatkevich again visited Viciebsk. In just a few hours spent in the city, potential female candidates visited several pickets, which collected signatures in support, talked to passers-by, met with small entrepreneurs Smolensk market and enjoy a lot of pictures with his fans.
Public activity was quite low. Most people are not interested in any picketers who collected signatures, no contender for the post of president, which seemed to have gone with election posters and with which you can talk and even take pictures. We take advantage of this opportunity, however, a few. There were, however, are those citizens who know in advance about the visit Karatkevich specially came to talk to her in person. With regard to entrepreneurs, their activity was still lower than that of the population in the pickets.
It should be noted that all the meetings were held among the working day, and so many of those who had a desire to meet with Mrs. Tatiana does not have any real opportunity to do so. To at least to some extent, compensate for this loss to the readers' Viciebsk spring ", our correspondent Tatiana Karatkevich asked a few questions.
Ms. Tatiana, you personally do not think that the current presidential campaign is almost imperceptibly, I would even say – modest? For example, it is not a democratic Venezuela in the elections not only allowed to wave flags and crowds gather in the town center – there is no one stops to travel around the city streets and through a megaphone to urge voters to support their candidate. And we have the impression that life stopped.
First, I spend the campaign in accordance with how to negotiate with his team. And secondly, people in our current circumstances require special attention, because today they are afraid to even come to the pickets, especially in small towns. Our task – to return the trust in democratic representatives to the alternative point of view. It is very important. It is necessary to overcome the existing Today the zero level of confidence.
The main task of the subscription campaign – to collect one hundred thousand signatures, and we do it on the picket lines, and avoiding the apartment. Statistics different: in Minsk better signatures collected in pickets, in small towns, on the contrary, through a door-bypass. As for the fact, modest or not modest: for example, we would like to associate with pickets in Minsk bike ride, so we called and said: "No!". I disagree with that, because I think that there is no difference between the stage of collecting signatures and campaigning. We have so many and so various restrictions.
Do not you think that those who agreed to participate in the current political game, so to speak, put in a sandbox, gave toys and will play in the time allotted?
Maybe it seems, but we're going to unite the voices of citizens. They are suitable for the pickets, discuss specifically looking for these pickets, express their opinions. In those pickets, which involved me going and thirty people. Although outwardly it may look like anything, but it is real work, real politics.
So, if your team will gather signatures, you go to the end and did not listen to Paval Sevyarynets, who called on all democratic candidates withdraw from the race?
I will listen to the voice of the people who put me a signature, as they say here we sign for you and should know that you do not exactly relieve. Every day, no matter where I was everywhere, from the beginning of people coming up to me and asked this question. We must understand that today people are weaned to participate in politics and public life. They like the students, so it is very important to show the sequence of their actions. Today, we say that we have begun a marathon for peaceful change. And most importantly – to gain the trust of citizens.
You are often accused that his nomination you contribute to improving the image of Lukashenko and create the illusion of alternatives. Do you agree with such an accusation?
I disagree with that. Today, power is possible to hold elections and to gain legitimacy and without my participation. I, on the contrary, create competition and give people a real alternative.
Do you think that would arouse local people to active political life, overcome apathy and indifference? It seems people in general today are not up to the elections.
People are not up to the elections, but they do not care how they live. Staying alone with each asks himself: "What is my future?". Obviously, the more active, younger as the deterioration of the situation will seek a way out in other places, in other countries. Our coalition believes that the revival of the Belarusians can only contribute to the feeling that a lot of them. Today, they are individually suited to the pickets different candidates – yet alone. We want to Belarusians feel that a lot of them, feel their unity. Then statistics would become a reality. And it will contribute to the revival of the Belarusians.
