Opposition leader warned over demands to investigate Belarus arms deals
Anatol Liabedzka, the leader of the opposition United Civic Party, has been warned about the responsibility for a deliberate false statement in connection with his demands to investigate the reports about the supplies of Belarusian weapons to Venezuela. The politician was summoned to the Office of the Prosecutor General yesterday.
In May 2008, Liabedzka filed an letter with Prosecutor General Ryhor Vasilevich, requesting to investigate reports in the foreign media about the supplies of weapons to Columbian rebels by Belarus. The reports referred to the documents found on one of the killed rebels. Interpol confirmed they were authentic.
Anatol Liabedzka says the meeting at the Office of the Prosecutor General was surprising. He had an impression that the investigator did not know what to do. The investigator said: if Liabedka's list is just a piece of information, the Office of the Prosecutor General does not have to react; if it is a statement, Liabedzka will be warned. The politician agreed to have his letter treated as a statement.
Liabedzka is convinced that the prosecutor's office must verify the information disseminated in the foreign media, especially with Interpol having an office in Belarus. If this information is true, the Office of the Prosecutor General must tell the public where the money from the arms deal went to. If reports are false, the Prosecutor General should seek denouncement of those reports through the European structures.
Belapan
In May 2008, Liabedzka filed an letter with Prosecutor General Ryhor Vasilevich, requesting to investigate reports in the foreign media about the supplies of weapons to Columbian rebels by Belarus. The reports referred to the documents found on one of the killed rebels. Interpol confirmed they were authentic.
Anatol Liabedzka says the meeting at the Office of the Prosecutor General was surprising. He had an impression that the investigator did not know what to do. The investigator said: if Liabedka's list is just a piece of information, the Office of the Prosecutor General does not have to react; if it is a statement, Liabedzka will be warned. The politician agreed to have his letter treated as a statement.
Liabedzka is convinced that the prosecutor's office must verify the information disseminated in the foreign media, especially with Interpol having an office in Belarus. If this information is true, the Office of the Prosecutor General must tell the public where the money from the arms deal went to. If reports are false, the Prosecutor General should seek denouncement of those reports through the European structures.
Belapan
