Charter'97 calls to boycott elections

Zmitser Bandarenka, the coordinator of Charter'97 human rights group has voiced a proposal to change the strategy of the opposition. He has called for an active boycott of the forthcoming parliamentary elections.  Bandarenka pointed to the recent politicla events in Belarus as the grounds for the change of goals. He noted that the opposition proposed a dialogue to the authorities, but the latter responded with repressions. Boycott would be an answer to these repressions, the opposition activist said.