Party of Oppositional Communists Can be Closed :: Charter'97 :: News

A date for hearing in the case of suspension of activities of the Party of Communists of Belarus (PCB) has been set. This case is to be tried by the Supreme Court of the country, Interfax was informed in the court. The hearing of the case is to start on February 5. A representative of the Supreme Court specified that the suit to suspend activities of the PCB has been initiated by Justice Ministry of Belarus.

As told by Justice Minister earlier, during the examination of activities of the PCB Justice Ministry many times requested documents about the quantity of its members, however the required documents hadn’t been given. Justice Ministry issued a written warning to the party. However the documents hadn’t been submitted again.

“Justice Ministry warned the leadership of the party about possible consequences of illegal activities. However the party continues to ignore legislation and does not perform any actions which would show that the party had returned within the limits of the legal framework,” the press-service of Justice Ministry stated.

The first secretary of the Party of Communists of Belarus Syarhei Kalyakin noted that to him mind, “the case concerning suspension of the activities of the party must be stopped, as there are no legal causes for it”. As said by him, he possesses a letter from Justice Ministry stating that “everything is all right with the number of members of the party”.

At the same time, the leader of the party notes that he is ready “for any turn of events” during the trial.