Lukashenka ordered “to restore order” in Minsk

Alyaksandr Lukashenka gave an instruction with a note “no barbarism”. The Minsk police chief replied that “no one will hold the ceremony with anyone.”

Alexander Lukashenko instructed the Minsk city authorities to “restore order” in the city. BelTA reports on this on Tuesday, November 17.

“The point is to restore order in Minsk. Without barbarism. <...> This week, order must be restored in Minsk, “Lukashenko said, referring to the opposition protests.

In turn, Minsk Police Chief Mikhail Grib said that when Lukashenka’s order is carried out, “no one will hold the ceremony with anyone.”

“Normal people, along with public services, put things in order in the patio areas. And then the vandals come, they start putting up some kind of inscriptions, to install who knows what, to make noise. The population is And when ordinary citizens start to settle things with them, scandals and fights break out. Home … There are dozens of such incidents every day. With this in mind, the head of state has set himself a task: establish an exemplary order in Minsk within a week, so I want to warn all citizens: no one will celebrate the ceremony with anyone, “said Grib, writes Sputnik Belarus.

According to him, the police have other things to do, besides dealing with these “conflicts in the yards.”

The day before, human rights activists announced that more than 1,100 people had been arrested in Belarus the day before. Also on Sunday, about 20 journalists were arrested.

Minsk was also reported to have reduced dialogue with the EU on human rights and the Eastern Partnership. Minsk made this decision due to attempts by Western countries to politicize a number of issues, Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei said.

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