Democrats Established Conciliation Commission :: Charter'97 :: News

Members of the Political Council of Democratic Forces haven’t defined the date of holding the Congress of the Democratic Forces. The Charter’97 press-center has been informed about that by the leader of the Belarusian Popular Front party Vintsuk Vyachorka. Yesterday at a regular session of the Political council the European coalition and the Young Front propounded to postpone the Congress for 2008. The Belarusian Popular Front party continues to insist on holding the congress in May this year. As before, the party of the Communists of Belarus and the Union of the left parties were for holding it in March as before. The chairman of the United Civil Party Anatol Lyabedzka has proposed to prepare the Congress routinely proceeding from items on the agenda which do not cause argument. The leader of the democratic forces Alyaksandr Milinkevich is ready to participate in the Congress, under condition that a leader entrusted with ample powers would be elected there.

Thereby a decision was passed yesterday to establish a conciliation commission consisting of representatives of different political parties and public associations. Until Saturday, February 24, it is planned to collect all proposals concerning the date of he Congress and its holding in principle. All these proposals are to be considered by the conciliation commission.