Chairs broken before meeting with Nyaklyayeu in Vitsebsk House of Culture (photo)

The Vitsebskers who came to meet Uladzimir Nyaklyayeu in the cultural business centre “Pershamaiski” on the evening of December 13 were disappointed. Half of the chairs in the assembly hall meant for 400 people were broken – they lacked seats. That is why the hall was half empty while people were standing in the gangway and crowding near the door. The meeting organized by Uladzimir Nyaklyayeu set a record in terms of provocative questions and attempts to draw the candidate in a quarrel. “Urging people to come to the square, you are making them violate the law and jeorpadizing them!” was the burden of the questions. Some young man even made a remark to the candidate – he said everyone had to do their job. So the poet had to write verses instead of being involved in politics. In the end, about two dozen people stalked out of the meeting. The majority of them were BRUY members. The meeting continued in a very different way.