The last day of tax payment is February 20th. In the meantime, about 10% of “parasites” out of 460 thousand people singled out by the state have paid the tax. Among the ‘parasites’ are migrant workers, students, women on maternity leave, pensioners, people with disabilities, and even the dead.[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_7X17Bjgew”][vc_column_text]
Many of them took to the street tonight. They gathered on the Kastrychnitskaya Square in the center of Minsk.
Several Belarusian opposition politicians were present at the gathering. Pavel Sevyarynets, who passed the results of the initiative for the abolition of the decree on “parasites” to the Presidential Administration. The survey was conducted by belsat.eu on its page in social networks.
According to some estimates, several thousand protesters gathered on Kastrychnitskaya Square.
People chanted “Solidarity” and marched along Independence Avenue, heading towards the Ministry of Taxes and Duties.
The march took place to the sounds of hits from the bands like ‘Brutto’ with protesters singing along.
Mikola Statkevich, a former presidential candidate and political prisoner, said that if within a month the Decree N3 is not canceled the rally will repeat.
The rally lasted approximately 1.5 hours.
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Decree Nr 3 signed by president Lukashenka in April, 2015 established the obligation of the citizens of Belarus, foreign citizens permanently residing in Belarus, stateless persons, who did not participate in the financing of public spending or participated in such financing less than 183 days (six months – ed.) in the past year, to pay a fee of 20 basic units (appr. $230).
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