With such reasoning policemen faced Elena Shabunya, Tatsyana Sevyarynets and George Stankevich, who are accused of unsanctioned picketing. Activists insist that carried a picket to collect signatures.
Employees of the department of law enforcement and prevention of the October police department Sergei Veraksa already made on Tatiana Sevyarynets protocol for violating article 23.34.
"It was again about events of July 27, when we were still contenders to participate in elections and collected signatures for his nomination. After standing on the same side of the street Lenin, we could not stand the noise – too loud was an advertisement on the screen near the shopping center "Marco City." We decided to go to the other side of the street Lenin. There we sang the hymn "Mighty God," and George Stankevich sang his own song "Crest". These policemen were videotaped, and soon sent us to the police agenda. We explained that it was a picket to collect signatures, and that the electoral law does not forbid us to sing. August 11 administrative proceedings for unauthorized picketing our supposedly abolished. But on August 23 of its resumed again ", – the politician said.
Those who disagree with the activists demanded a meeting with the Head of the October police department Sergei Stelmakh. He went on to explain that on one side of the street candidates acted within the framework of the electoral law, and on the other – have become delinquent.
"The signatures for the nomination can be assembled anywhere, if it is not included in the list of prohibited local governments. You can collect the signatures of at the time, but from the beginning, for instance, look at whether there are many passers-by walking there. But the police say that while the activists sang, the collection of signatures is not carried out. Therefore, they say, the activities of the electoral law ends here and becomes effective administrative law "– is trying to restore the logic of police chief human rights defender Pavel Levin.
Elena Shabunya notes another factor: as stated by the police, the administrative case was reopened at the initiative of alleged activists:
"After the first visit to the police station, I wrote a complaint to the regional militia control of Colonel Igor Skarinovich action, the deputy chief of public security police of the Viciebsk Oblast Executive Committee. He watched as we sing, his colleague filmed our video. But no police officer did not come and did not say that we have something to break. In addition to Mr. Skarinovich report we saw factual errors. This was a complaint. However, in the October district police department they told us that we allegedly complained about the fact that our business was canceled. More absurd, I have not seen! In addition to the fact that the electoral law acts on one side of the street from us, and the other – an administrative".
Elena Shabunya and George Stankevich refused to give explanations to the inspector Sergey Veraksa. In this case, it made up to them the protocols for alleged offense should send them by mail.
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