The administration of Połacak Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve refuses to renew the contract of an activist of the movement "For Freedom" Olga Damaskina. She said the leadership of its desire to stand for parliament and considers the dismissal was politically motivated.
Olga has been working for 16 years in the National Połacak Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve. Since 2012 the head of the museum of traditional weaving Lakeland. In 2016 she received a second degree in the Institute of Culture of Belarus qualification "museum curator".
"3 June, I went to the director to know whether to continue a contract with me, which I have until 31 July. Especially in recent times is very often warned me that my contract ends (both in words and actions: stop me advice on labor issues, which I, as the head of the museum, just had to decide). When I started talking about a contract extension, the director told me that until he decided, would be to think before June 30, I told her that I will participate in the parliamentary elections", – said Olga Damaskina.
According to her, the director said in a conversation that Olga "has long outgrown this museum level, to go up, and very good to the Parliament would be at least one person who knows the museum business."
"We parted on what she would think. But I work in the women's team, and I almost immediately, my colleagues told me that when I left, voiced guidance that renew the contract with me will not. And now in other museums teams have already started to walk some conversations and others already offer my space ", – said the activist of the movement "For Freedom".
Damaskina stressed that the director of reserve she respects and has always respected for her views, because she is very sincere defended the interests of the city, reserve, for her dedication, professionalism in museums, and did not press it because of political views.
According to the rules of the reserve message on the termination of the contract issue for 1.5 months, but in the collective agreement stipulates that not later than a month, she said.
"I love my job, a museum and want to work on. And my participation in the parliamentary elections would give the opportunity to publicly announce not only the problems of the country, the city, but also of museums and culture. Today we need to stop seeing museums simply as a place where the exhibits need to be centers of culture are stored generate cultural initiatives, calling for people to dialogue and thus not only raise national conscious person, but also affect the development of the cultural environment of the region" – said Olga Damaskina.
She stressed that went to get a second degree is to work in a museum, and specialists with the formation of almost no reserve in Połacak.
"Why did not renew the contract when the reserve was paying my tuition? And the fact that the contract does not threaten to renew, I associate only with the fact that I decided to participate in the elections", – concluded the activist.
Olga Bykovskaya, pyx.by
