A private company director gave Kantstantsin Zhukowski, a Homyel-based coordinator of the unregistered opposition Belarusian Christian Democracy party, until August 1 to stop his involvement in politics, threatening dismissal, BelaPAN reported.

Zhukowski has been employed with the company Interhran as a fixed-route taxi driver for about a year. The director said he was satisfied with Zhukowski's performance in his job.

Zhukowski intends to run for parliament in an election scheduled for September 28.