The Belarusian Maidan has become sad and faded
The sluggish Belarusian protest continued today. After yesterday's failed attempt to gather something resembling the Ukrainian Maidan (the crowds were not impressive), the opposition returned to their old queuing tactics.
A line of people standing “at a social distance” can be stretched over an impressive distance and create the impression of a mass gathering.
If in June they stood to put signatures for candidates alternative to President Lukashenko, today they extended the line to the Central Election Commission to file complaints about its voluntaristic decision to refuse registration to these candidates - Viktor Babariko and Valery Tsepkalo.
The Belarusian police also did not calm down, having become agitated after yesterday’s forceful dispersal of the protesters. True, no one rushed at the riot police, but reasons for arrests were still found.
Someone did not have time to quickly disperse from the Central Election Commission when she finished her work. Another batch was seized at the Main Post Office building. They also tried to line up to send complaints to the CEC by mail. But the establishment was closed an hour earlier.
Opposition media are distributing videos of women shouting about the arbitrariness and rudeness of the police. Time will tell how motivating these videos are.
Elections are scheduled for August 9. Alternative politicians do not lose hope that by this time Belarusians will swing to a full-fledged Maidan.
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