Contenders get to know about meeting dedicated to selection of single candi
It has turned out that contenders are not planning to discuss the issue on November 2.
Uladzimir Nyaklyayeu and Yaraslau Ramanchuk got to know they were
supposed to meet the other contenders to create a pattern of selection
of a single candidate today from mass media. The candidate of the BPF
Party Ryhor Kastusyou informed that the meeting had to take place right
after the negotiations with the Polish and German Foreign Ministers
yesterday. Even the exact time was mentioned – 4.50 p.m. on November 2.
“I
was surprised to read that we were going to meet yesterday. The meeting
was supposed to take place after the meeting with the Foreign Ministers
of Poland and Germany, - Uladzimir Nyaklyayeu is amazed. – Furthermore,
it looks like the Ministers should tell us and indicate who should be
chosen and we will have to deal with it. There was no agreement of the
kind. Maybe somebody agreed on it in my absence, probably they did”.
He
added that they had only agreed to invite journalists to the meeting on
Friday. They decided to discuss “a step towards the possible selection
of a single candidate in the square” in their presence. The meeting is
appointed for November 24 as the results of the registration of the
presidential contenders will be announced then.
Nyaklyayeu’s statement filled the contender of the BPF Party Ryhor Kastusyou with indignation.
Ryhor
Kastusyou: “I don’t seem to have lost my memory! We spent 1.5 hours
waiting for the Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė during the
meeting in the Lithuanian Embassy. There were five of us: Ramanchuk,
Rymasheuski, Sannikau, Nyaklyayeu and me. We agreed that we would meet
the same way after we presented collected signatures and would allow
others to join us and continue our negotiations. Naturally, we did not
denote the topic of the negotiations but I am sure that we did charge
Nyaklyayeu with the responsibility of organization of the meeting!”
He
claimed it was the first time he heard about the meeting on Friday. To
tell the truth, he confessed that the exact date was not mentioned when
they had agreed about the meeting in the Lithuanian Embassy. He did not
explain why he was so sure that the meeting had to take place at 4.50
p.m. on November 2. He said they had agreed to meet as soon as there was
a reason for it. And the meeting with ministers is a good reason.
The
deputy head of the United Civil Party Yaraslau Ramanchuk did not
understand Kastusyou’s indignation either. According to him, there was
no agreement to begin the negotiations after the today’s meeting. In
fact, the contenders are not ready for it.
Yaraslau Ramanchuk:
“Such issues should be based on something and should be discussed.
People have their plans. How is it possible!? We will look at one
another and try to find out what Kastusyou meant today. The goals were
not announced and the date was not appointed back then – nothing at
all!”
At the same time, Ramanchuk heard about the possible
meeting of candidates in the presence of journalists in order to start
some discussion about the single candidate on Friday. The politician has
informed ERB that he has dedicated some time to this event in his
schedule.
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