Vyachorka Jr. to lead Popular Front youth
Prominent opposition youth Franak Vyachorka has been reelected chairman
of the Belarusian Popular Front (BPF) youth wing, called Moladz BPF.
Twenty-eight delegates to the wing's convention that began inMinsk on October 25 voted
in favor of Vyachorka and seven delegates supported his rival, Syarhey
Semyanyuk. One ballot paper was declared invalid.
Twenty-eight delegates to the wing's convention that began in
In his speech, Vyachorka said that Moladz BPF would carry on educational and cultural
multimedia projects, a campaign against the distribution of jobs to new graduates
of educational institutions especially among those who paid tuition fees,
a campaign for the creation of a professional army, and
promote a presidential nominee of the Belarusian Popular Front.