Election rally-concert in support of the candidate in presidents of Belarus Svetlana Tikhanovski gathered Thursday in Minsk, a record number of Belarusians. Her team holds election event, together with representatives of staff Victor Babariko and Valery Tsepkalo Maria Kolesnikova and Veronika Tsepkalo.
In the capital Park of peoples ‘ Friendship of people gathered very much free space on fenced for the rally site, many are behind the fence, the correspondent of TASS from the event. According to human rights activists came to the meeting not less than 25 thousand persons, the police has not yet give an estimate of the number of the participants. In the hands of people holding a variety of flags – as the current red-green national flags of Belarus and historical white-red-white.
"We don’t need revolution, we don’t need fighters, we want change through peaceful means," said Tikhanovski. The applicant appealed to the military. "Dear military, look us in the eye we are the same people who want a decent life, we are not criminals, and Belarusians, who want the alternative candidates, it is our people who wants a peaceful transfer of power," said Tikhanovski.
The event was organized by relatives of imprisoned Victor Babariko and his son Edward, Pavel Seviarynets, Mikalai Statkevich, Dmitry Furmanov. A well-known playwright and screenwriter Andrei Kureichik the scene said Tikhanovski because of her love for her husband Sergei Tikhanovski, who planned to register as a presidential candidate, but was arrested, involved in an election campaign, and took responsibility for the fate of Belarus and Belarusians.
The venue of the rally a big problem with mobile communications leading from the stage asking people to translate cell phones mode "plane". The rally is held at elevated security measures on the background of statements of the Belarusian authorities on the arrest in Belarus of 33 Russian citizens suspected of preparing mass riots. As stressed Tikhanovski, her husband Sergei, who is now under arrest, "irrelevant" to the detained Russians. The Russian foreign Ministry said Thursday that the detainees in Minsk Russian citizens was in transit in Istanbul, having on hand all necessary documents. As stressed in the Russian foreign Ministry, "odious interpretation of the Belarusian party of the detention of 33 citizens of Russia does not withstand any criticism".
Presidential elections in Belarus will be held on 9 August. The CEC adopted a decision on the registration of five people as presidential candidates (Andrei Dmitriev, Anna Konopacka, Alexander Lukashenko, Svetlana Tikhanovski, Sergey Carecen). Two applicants who were the main SOPthe dwarf birch of the current President (of Babariko and Tsepkalo), was denied registration.
