"Blacklisted" Belarusians: Who can we complain to?!
Banned officials are convinced that they have been blacklisted unfairly. However, they are not willing to claim the Council of the EU's decision.
13 surnames were added to the list of Belarusian officials, who are prohibited to enter the territory of the EU on May 24. Visa sanctions were imposed on the representatives of the Belarusian court system, who took part in recent trials against Square participants. The school principal from Talka Natallia Merkul, who fired a teacher of history and a civil activist Natallia Ilyinich, joined them.
Euroradio has discovered a document, according to which everyone who considers himself "blacklisted" unfairly may send a corresponding request to the Council of the European Union, together with supporting documentation, so they would reconsider their decision. However, we haven't noticed such willingness among the banned officials:
“They are simply showing off, — the head of the Writers' Union Mikalaj Charhinets thinks, — Thus, I think there is no point in writing there. It is better just to ignore this”.
Some banned officials, who asked not to reveal their names, told that it was hurtful and unfair, and that the European officials wanted to humiliate them by this permit to claim their decision. However, Natallia Merkul has no emotions in this regard. It is normal - the school principal of Talka secondary school is the smallest figure in the "black list".
Natallia Merkul: “I think it makes sense to complain. They just banned me from entering as if I was some kind of a terrorist”.
The Deputy Head of the Central Election Commission Mikalaj Lazavik was sincerely offended by making the "black list". He does not understand why the CEC members, who did so many efforts to make the Belarusian election "as democratic as possible" were included in this list.
Mikalaj Lazavik: “I have already planned my vacation. I have a house in the village, there's good fishing there. I usually divide my vacation into two parts - to go fishing in the beginning of summer and to pick mushrooms when summer ends”.
Therefore, Lazavik is not going to ask to cross him out of the "black list" by now as well.
Photo: http://belinternat.org/
