Volha Nikаlachyk: People Agree That It' s Necessary To Unite Against The Ones From Drazdy
- 25.09.2019, 15:14
The activist has talked about how people are looking for her to express their support.
Well-known Belarusian director and European Belarus activist Volha Nikаlachyk, who takes part in the "parliamentary campaign" in Uruchcha constituency № 109, told the press service of European Belarus about the collection of signatures in her support:
- "On the twentieth day of collecting, the people, who see our pickets, are already saying hello, smiling and reconizing us. Not only those who live in Uruchcha sign up, but also the ones from other districts - for my comrades-in-arms.
We can see that even in the time that has passed since the beginning of collecting signatures, there have been changes. People are changing, they agree that everyone should unite against these collective farmers from Drazdy. Everyone wants change, everyone! Both old and young, and pensioners. Sometimes it happens that a person comes up, reads about me, then asks "why do you do this?", and after five minutes of talking to me, he willingly signs his name, because when I talk about our goals - people start to believe. Everybody has had enough!
People have started coming up from the military town, they find me and sign for me. They also want change. It's very impressive when the military come up, sign, stand by my side for an hour, and some other people come up to them, start dialogues and discussions.
- What are the impressions of going door-to-door?
- I collected signatures in a multi-storey building in Shuhayeu Street, walked around five floors on Sunday evening, no one opened the door. Only a woman who is registered in this house opened on one floor. She said I wouldn't find anybody there, because this woman's family is almost the only one who lives on the registered basis. It surprised me very much. The staircase looks terrible: the doors are smashed, broken, with no locks, the elevators are in a terrible state. This entrance looks like it's from another time. It is not clear who lives there. I was thinking about whether I would reach the next floor. Where does the money, which is regularly allocated for major repairs, go? After all, this twenty-floor building is already 30 years old!
But this is the only unpleasant impression. During pickets a lot of people share their problems, ask for a phone number to tell about them.