The European Union (EU) requested that the Belarusian authorities remove the Penal Code section which provides punishment to act on behalf of a non-registered, German leader Angela Merkel told a meeting of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the European Senior Citizens’ Union (SIU) in Berlin on November 6.
Tatsyana Zyalko, leader of an unregistered Belarus retired, attended the event as an observer.
The German chancellor also promised that the European Union consider relaxing the Schengen visa procedures for citizens of Belarus, Ms. Zyalko said in an interview with BelaPAN.
Members of the SIU leaders, many of whom are also members of the European Parliament, reportedly said during their meeting followed the developments in Belarus, particularly the association of trying to obtain registration.
“It was a pleasant surprise for me to learn how many European colleagues about the Department of Justice’s refusal to register our association. I was pleased to see that not a single representative of the European Senior Citizens Union was indifferent to our problem, “says Zyalko.
Called our generation, association, which has members in Minsk and all regions, but the Hrodna region, for defending the rights of pensioners and push for reform of the pension system.
Many members of the group were the founders of an association of retired known Stareyshyny (Seniors), which was denied registration in 2005 and 2006. The Supreme Court upheld the refusal of registration.