Installment of monument to Kalinouski is not provided by state concept
The
initiator of the campaign for its establishment, Aleh Korban,
received a response from the deputy chairman of the Minsk City
Executive Committee, the head of the pro-government Communist Party
Ihar Karpenka.
Mr. Karpenka informs the activist that in
accordance with the laws, monuments to outstanding people are
established on the basis of the findings of the Ministry of Culture
on the consent of Aliaksandr Lukashenka, after determining the
sources of financing.
Minsk Research Institute of
Socio-Economic Studies developed a scientific concept, in connection
with which it was planned to establish some concrete works of
monumental and decorative art in 2012-2017.
"This concept
does not include a monument to Kalinouski in Minsk. However, taking
into account the repeated appeals of the citizens on the issue, the
institution was encharged to provide an opinion on the reasonability
of establishing such a monument in the city of Minsk," wrote
Karpenka.
Appeal to the Minsk CEC with the request to install
a monument to Kalinouski was sent on 9 July. The activists sent
letters to the head of the Minsk City Council of Deputies, the
Minister of Culture and the head of the Minsk City Executive
Committee.
Before this, they collected 4,000 signatures in
support of their idea, 3,500 of which were sent to the
authorities.
The campaign was launched by activists of the
public organization “Alternative”. They also proposed to put the
monument to the leader of the national liberation uprising of
1863-1864 Kanstantsin Kalinouski on the square, which starts from
Kalinouski Street near the Independence Avenue, and near which the
Eastern Cemetery, where many prominent cultural activists are buried,
is situated.
The activists note a good attitude of Minsk
residents to their initiative. People know who Kalinouski is and
understand the importance of the uprising under his leadership.