Brest authorities ignore results of public discussion
The activists of the Belarusian Social
Democratic Party (Hramada) received a response from the Brest City
Executive Committee concerning their statements regarding the
construction of a multi-stored building on the site of a stadium in a
Rechytsa suburb.
As stated by the local leader of the Social
Democrats Ihar Maslouski, the appeal was sent to the authorities
within the framework of the announced public discussion of the
project. Members of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (H)
proposed to retain the sports facility, conduct a comprehensive
reconstruction of the stadium and build the house at another free
site. However, the executive committee answered that the house would
still be built exactly on the site of the stadium and later a sports
ground with opportunities for team sports, a treadmill and a pit for
jumping, will constructed at the expense of the association
"Brestablselstroi". The response also reported that the
Department of Education of the Brest Regional Executive Committee,
which owns the stadium, agreed that this land was to be given over to
the project of building a house.
"The position of the
Department of Education, which unhesitatingly abandoned the site, is
rather strange,” says Ihar Maslouski. “However, in the response
of the executive committee there is no information on the results of
the public discussion and the attitude of the residents of the
Rechytsa suburb living near the site, to the building of a house
instead of the stadium, which is the most important moment! After
all, in the comments on the websites of local newspapers and forums,
we see a clear negative reaction of people to the plans of the
authorities to build a house there. Then why even hold a discussion
if the outcome is already known?"
Brest Social Democrats
intend to continue to monitor developments surrounding the
construction of the house, including the construction of the promised
playground.