Alyaksandr Lukashenka Invited to “Charnobylski Shlyakh” 14:52, 13/04/2007
The steering committee of “Charnobylski Shlyakh” (The Path of Chernobyl) has addressed a letter to Alyaksandr Lukashenka. The organizers of the Charnobylski Shlyakh has invited Lukashenka to take part in the memorial event, and to account for realization of numerous foreign relief programs, and about how much money from national budget has been used for liquidation of the catastrophe consequences.
Dear Mr. Lukashenka!
April 26, 2007 marks the 21st anniversary of the tragic date in the modern history of Belarus. It is a fateful date in lives of many Belarusians. In 1986 an accident of Chernobyl nuclear power station took place on that day. It was the largest known technogenic catastrophe which caused irreparable damage to our country. About 2/3 of fall-out have gone down on our territory and contaminated about one fifth part of the territory with 20% of population. Belarus has been covered by the wave of short-living radionuclides. Part of them was forcibly set so that they would not reach Moscow. Everything had been done under a veil of criminal secrecy, and people couldn’t protect themselves from this blow.
Starting from 1989 democratic forces of Belarus commemorate the day of Chernobyl atomic power station catastrophe. Every year during a meeting and a march democratic forces expressed their requirements to the government. They demand to reveal the truth about the catastrophe and its consequences, to return allowances to Chernobyl liquidators and people relocated from the alienation zone.
In the beginning of the 1990ies the USA and the EU allocated lots of money to different relief programmes to minimize the effect of the catastrophe. However relocation of people from the contaminated areas and steps to protect their health haven’t been done. On the contrary, the authorities cancelled allowances for people affected by Chernobyl and said that living on contaminated territories is not dangerous.
We demand you as the head of the state to give all the particulars about how the numerous foreign assistance programmes had been realized and about how much money from the national budget has been used for liquidation of the catastrophe consequences.
We are sure that in the eyes of the international community this report would promote an image of Belarus as a country which is ready for real steps towards democratisation, expressed inter alia in the address of the European Commission of November 17, 2006.
On behalf of organizers of the Charnobylski Shlyakh we invite you to take part in the event.
The chairman of the Steering Committee of the Charnobylski Shlyakh,
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