Milinkevich Campaign’s Headquarters’ Leader Dismissed :: Charter'97 :: News

One more opposition activist is fired. On July 27 the labour contract of a history teacher of the school number 8 in Babrujsk, Alyaksandr Chyhir, expired. The contract had not been extended. During the presidential campaign Alyaksandr Chyhir, a deputy of Babrujsk town council, was in charge of the Babrujsk headquarters of the united democratic forces’ leader Milinkevich.

In a conversation with the Radio Svaboda correspondent on the phone Alyaksandr Chyhir said:

“I am convinced that the dismissal is connected with my political activities. Knowing that this ruling is unjust, representatives of the Education department are looking for pretexts for my firing. For instance, they blame me that I was not at work on March 25, on Freedom Day. It was a day off, and I went to Minsk. I am also charged with starting a fight in spring- 2005 in Hrodna during the elections to the chamber of representatives. There hadn’t been any aggressive actions on my part. Policemen forcibly took me out of the polling station”.