The holidays have passed, what is farther?
In the Republic of Belarus the first all-republican holidays organised by the people under common name Dembel 99 took place. Despite of counteraction of the authorities, official mass media and pressure of tension by the authorities the holiday was a real success.
For example, in Grodno when we were preparing for the holiday the handcuffs were dressed on and the methods of SAMBO were trained 19.07.99 on Victor Podchinenkov, some times (including night) the detail of the employees of militia visited flats of the Chairman of the United Civil Party in the Grodno region and of Valery Levonevsky, the author of these lines, but they did not find him. The authorities of the city, Pashkevich and Lavtsel (the chairman and vice-chairman of the municipal executive committee), making speech on the radio showed their pure inner world having compared the free of charge distribution of sweets and balls in honor of the Holiday with the actions of the fascists who made their dirty business behind childrens back. What does it show?. It shows low mental level of these representatives of the municipal executive committee and their low cultural level. It is possible to suppose that the authorities of Grodno 21.07.99 wanted to arrange mass butchery and the citizens - a peaceful holiday. Some (the authorities) were ready to organize mass beating of the citizens, other (citizens) to express peacefully the pleasure concerning the termination of the 5-year term of the board of A. Lukashenko. The possible provocation of the authorities of the city failed and the holiday in Grodno took place not on the script of the municipal executive committee. At the holiday balls (more than 1000 pieces) and sweets were given to children. Unfortunately, there were not enough gifts to satisfy all children as the gifts were bought at the expense of scanty means of the separate citizens, members of the United Civil Party and Free Trade union of the Businessmen of Grodno "Southern". And as we have calculated in a holiday more than 5.000 citizens who went for a walk in the park of the city and expressed the pleasure took place. There were no severe conflicts. The holiday was darkened by the detention of six active workers of procession on historical places of Grodno which was organised by them after the holiday, but it is a customary history for our city in which beatings arrests and dirty lie on people who think in another way are the standard of live of the local authorities.
Next time we shall try to find more means on gifts and congratulations with the holiday all who come (even the militiamen, employees of CSS and executive authority).
We do not divide the people on "ours" and strangers. We all are citizens of one country. We should respect each other not depending on whether we like A. Lukashenko or not. Each man has the right to select an idol to himself. If a man "have been fooled" and he is in love with A. Lukashenko - it is his right. Stalin and Hitler were also loved by the people, the propagation made its business.
The fooled people trusted these "rogues". The people were deceived and frightened. The history has put everything on their places.
The basis of our policy is the right of each man should be abided without dependence on his political outlook.
In honour of the holiday more than 9 thousand businessmen of the Grodno region do not go to work (in the markets of cities no more than 10-20 % of the sellers traded, in some cities the markets did not work at all).
Holiday in Grodno for the first time showed that is possible and it is necessary to organise such holidays without meetings and demonstrations. We, people, are hosts of the country instead of populists, chatterboxes and shouters of central and local authority who have seized up to the authority. We hope that the local authorities will understand the error, will stop to tense people and will assist to realise following holidays and wont using the official position water with mud, put in prisons, fine everyone who does not support them or thinks in another way.
In Minsk the holidays passed normally but they could be much better. The organisation of these holidays was weak and the counteraction of the authorities in Minsk. Despite of it, the Holiday was held was huge. But the holiday was a success. Theatrical performances with the participation of approaching and leaving duties of militia, the round dances from the same militiamen, amicable shouts of the joy of citizens about a "monster" and about freedom overflowed the areas and streets of Minsk.
What should we do?
It is necessary to extract lessons.
The first lesson. The huge work with the population should be done. This is main and basic and hardest problem of the progressively adjusted part of the society. 90 % of the populations are frightened or "fooled by the propaganda of Lukashenko and are not ready to the active work to protect their rights and legal interests.
The second lesson. In the Republic of Belarus a substantial, strong structure using broad support of the population is absent. To create such pattern we will demand time, means and most important new people. The majority of politicians from "former" are really politically-bankrupt persons. All parties taken together are not capable to control even 5 % of the population. It is a golden fund of the nation. In spite of nothing they have survived and still exist. The main of them (parties) - the Belorussian Popular Front loses its positions every day. At one time the mass movement is dying quietly. Internal conflicts, corruption, the destructive position of Z. Poznyak resulted in mass outflow of members from this party and in sharply to negative attitude of majority of the population of the Republic of Belarus to the given movement. For BPF it is necessary to determine in the main - whose concerns this movement introduces: of the separate leaders of BPF, belo russian speaking population of the republic or majority of people of the Republic of Belarus.
The role of BNF in the future of our country as main political force or as small organisation with a lot of branches which it is today depends on the solution of this problem.
It is necessary to create new movements, new structures which are not charged with the influence "of old" politicians and dogmas not depending from the position of the main parties of the Republic of Belarus. 21.07.99 there was a check on lousiness. Those who were with the people executed the civic duty and all others are occasional people in the policy and have no the right to call themselves "as the opposition".
The third lesson. The problem of "Lukashizm" can not be decided in a democratic way for one day or year. It is necessary to prepare for long and difficult struggle struggle, first of all, for minds of people.
The fourth lesson. In the Republic f Belarus a substantial team which is capable to control the state in new market conditions is sent. It is necessary already today to actuate work in part of studying of the Belorussian youth abroad to bases of the government.
Conclusions:
21.07.99 the holiday was held. July 21, 1999 will be a national holiday - the Day of struggle for independence from the dictatorship.
Without creation of new public formations, new regional structures, controlled by the leaders of a new example, mass issue of the leaflets, training of young staff in the government, large-scale propaganda of the population, clearing of the leading parties from the destructive leaders it is impossible to built the democratic Belarus.
To hope for a case (everyone understand what) is possible, especially it is possible to speed up this case. A problem is not in it.
The "opposition" has, to my mind, a large error. All its energy is directed to pour with mud the former president and organisation of small meetings and pickets. It is necessary business but it is with a small effect. Lukashenko is only a "feather". Let's remove it and another "feather" will be put on its place and the building will remain. The building itself rotten by corruption and old communist (fascist) dogmas will remain. It is necessary to destroy all building and up to the basis, simultaneously creating a new one more proof, from new materials. It is a process not of one year, but it should be started already today.
Valery Levonevsky 22.07.99
