
Member of the Presidium of the Coordinating Council (CS) of the Belarusian opposition Olga Kovalkov, the former confidant of presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, left for Poland after she left for 10 days of administrative arrest and immediately received another 15 days. As she was released before the end of the arrest, it is still unknown, writes TUT.BY.
KS spokesman Anton Rodnkov confirmed that Kovalkov was in Warsaw and announced a comment from her in the near future. Euroradio, citing the press service of the Coordination Council, reports that Kovalkova left Belarus, fearing the further persecution of the authorities. The source of The Village Belarus said that the politician at 2:30 by night crossed the border by bus along the Grodno -Warsaw route.
- Kovalkov was taken to the border in the hood in the back seat
On August 24, Kovalkova arrived with the representative of the Stachkom of the Minsk Tractor Plant Sergey Dylevsky to the enterprise to discuss the situation with the striking workers of the plant, and was detained by a riot police at the passage.
According to the protocol, Kovalkova took an active part in the rally in front of the entrance to the MTZ, publicly called for a strike, discussed with the gathered the work of government bodies and socio-political life in the country. Employees of the partisan police department considered this a violation of the law on mass events. Kovalkova’s refusal to go to Autosak was regarded as disobedience to the legitimate demand of police officers. As a result, the politician received 10 days of arrest in the infamous isolator on the Square Street in Minsk.
On September 3, the term of her arrest was over, but on the same day the court of the Central District of Minsk appointed her another 15 days of arrest for participating in a rally near the Planet Hotel on August 23. She was charged with a violation of the order of the event, committed repeatedly throughout the year. Another 15 days of arrest received Sergey Dylevsky. There is no information about his current location in the press service of the Coordination Council.
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who is located in Lithuania, the day before expressed solidarity with the Constitutional Court members, saying that any attempts to pursue them "throw a shadow on power structures and cause public protest." She noted that the members of the KS "set the interests of our country above considerations of their own well -being and security", expressed admiration for their "fundamentalness and willingness to take risks to help overcome the political crisis."
Earlier this week, a member of the Presidium of the Coordination Council, the former ambassador and Minister of Culture of Belarus Pavel Latushko , who was fired against the background of protests from the post of director of the Kupalovsky Theater in Minsk, left for Poland. At the same time, he noted that there was no talk of fleeing, after planned events in Poland and Lithuania, he promised to return to Belarus. On Saturday, the press service of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya reported in the Telegram channel "Poole of the First" that she had met Latushko.
"Mr. Latushko showed with his example that it is never too late to go over to the side of the people. He knows well how the so -called" power "works from the inside, and continues the important work to strengthen the coordination council to organize the negotiation process. I really appreciate that we work for the New Belarus," the press service of the words of the Tikhanovskaya quoted.