Activist of the civil campaign "Paperwork in Belarusian!" Igor Sluchak addressed the deputies of the National Assembly, born out of Belarus, with a proposal to make a legislative initiative on amendments to the Law "On languages in the Republic of Belarus", which would allow to extend the use of the Belarusian language in official relations with officials. One of the destinations offer became a deputy from the Polotsk City District number 28 Natalia Guyvik (pictured), a former judge of the Polotsk City Court, who was born in Kirov (Russia).

Natalia Guyvik responded to an invitation: "In my opinion, your proposal today is not for the nation's most important and requires urgent resolution in the House, so I find it inappropriate at the present time, make your proposed legislative initiative" - wrote the deputy activist.

Deputy Guyvik invited the author appeals to her to collect signatures, "According to paragraph 1 of Article 99 of the Constitution the right of legislative initiative belongs also to the citizens having the right to vote, in an amount not less than 50 thousand people. Thus, you have the right to initiate legislation on their own, if you support in this 50 thousand citizens who have the right to vote."

"In other words, what can I do myself, do you, Igor himself, but also gather the signatures of 50,000. Why, then, in the Parliament Sluchak Igor and Natalia Guyvik, if their work does not want to?" - Commented on the words of the deputy from Polotsk Igor Sluchak.

"The representative of Polotsk, the city, there are: the Belarusian statehood, and from where the pioneer Scorina, does not consider the spread of the Belarusian language an important issue. Interestingly, when this issue will be important? Then, when the border will be the Russian tanks, as it did in Ukraine?" - the activist asks.

According to svaboda.org