Stanislau Shushkevich: Nyaklyayew realizes he is used

Only unconscientious politicians can participate in "elections".

Stanislau Shushkevich, the former Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Belarus commented the Radio Racyja on Uladzimir Nyaklyayew's withdrawal from opposition structures.

-First of all I am very glad that Nyaklyayew finally understood who used his fame and his talent in their small mercenary motives. Some groups needed a well-known person. And they found such naive Uladzimir Nyaklyayew. By the way, I have repeatedly had a talk with him on the matter, but now I think Nyaklyayew has behaved brave. He said: I act alone, I do not need your support and I don't need you to consider me a leader. I understand him...

- Opposition's inability to agree on a single candidate is one of the reasons for his leave from political arena.

-Only unconscientious politicians can participate in "elections", which have no chance of being ones. We have a lot of them. They will do whatever you want, but they cannot categorically say: "We will not play the government's games." I think that Nyaklyayew has given a good hit in this direction, because they have no other decent candidate who is worth counting on. He deprived them of his name and here are my greetings! It is a correct, calm and decent act. This way people who have understood what policy means and what should be done in current conditions should behave. Today there is no one in the opposition who is worth counting on. So, let them think what to do next. After all, all these huge unions are formed to gain a significant support.

- How do you assess the activity of Uladzimir Nyaklyayew as a politician?

- It is hard to say. I will repeat Nyaklyayew was a shield for not the best powers with non-acceptable beliefs. They had their own interest. And it would be not completely convenient to speak him directly "Valodzya, you are being used". But, fortunately, he realized it.