Haidukevich makes live TV speech: Long Live, Belarus!
16 September 2015, 21:04
Syarhei Haidukevich has criticized the opposition and officials and urged people to vote and not to go to the square in his TV speech.
Presidential candidate, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party Syarhei Haidukevichhas made a 30-minute speech on TV. The politician started speaking about the state’s sovereignty and called it the biggest achievement. Then he started criticizing other oppositionists.
"I will never ask pope to go to the square because I value the price our ancestors paid for peaceful life. Promises to improve life instantly are a lie. I will sacrifice everything to avoid it. I am open for dialogue with the current government. Our main goal is concern for our Motherland.”
He also criticized the authorities. However, he only mentioned the government and low-level officials.
"There are strong branches of power but the pro-Belarus position is not very strong. The authorities are doing a lot of good things but there are also many drawbacks. Little attention is paid to people. The gap between the people and officials in increasing… Plants are working to fill the warehouses. A lot has been said about modernization but nothing has changed in officials’ heads. The government knew that a crisis was approaching. The Minister must know the situation as good as a plant director. A Minister is like a manager. He must be able to foresee things. If we do not know how to sell our goods, it is the Minister’s fault. Creative people should be appointed Ministers.”
The threat to independence is within the country, Haidukevich believes:
The he mentioned the main theses of his programme:
Haidukevich ended his speech in an unexpected fashion: he mixed the governmental and opposition’s mottoes.