Prosecutor Intimidated Workers of Motorcycle and Bicycle Plant :: Charter'97 :: News

On November 30 the first deputy chairman of the Minsk city executive committee Mikalay Pantsyalei held a meeting with the representatives of Minsk Motorcycle and Bicycle plant (“Motavela”). A prosecutor of Lenin district of Minsk Alyaksei Stuk was invited to the meeting. He warned the workers about the liability for holding street actions unsanctioned by the authorities. However, as the Radio Svaboda informs, public officers had not made any promises to workers concerning improvement of their situation and wage increase.

As we have informed, on November 25 workers of the plant blocked the traffic in the Partyzanski Avenue, demanding to pay wages to them. Then representatives of the administration promised to pay off money before November 29. On November 29 workers really received their money.

The workers said that a prosecutor addressed the meeting. A prosecutor of Lenin district of Minsk Alyaksei Stuk read articles of the Criminal Code, and informed that workers are to be brought to administrative and criminal responsibility for unsanctioned protest.