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Published on: 10/12/2008
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Anatoly Lebedko, chairman of the United Civic Party, and Sergey Kaliakin, leader of the Belarusian Party of Communists, told reporters in Minsk that the Second Congress of Pro-democratic Forces might be postponed to a later date.
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According to Anatoly Lebedko, it is technically possible to hold the Congress later than March 17 and 18, but no decision so far has been made on another date.Anatoly Lebedko and Sergey Kaliakin changed their approach to the dates the Congress of Pro-democratic Forces to be held after they came back from the United States.
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Kaliakin and Lebedko didn't agree to the idea put forward by BHF Party leader Vintsuk Viachorka (who also visited the US with the Belarusian oppositional delegation) about rescheduling the Congress for May.
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However during the Party's press conference on 5 March, Anatoly Lebedko did not rule out a possibility that the Congress earlier scheduled for 17-18 March, will be held some time later.He did not mention any particular dates however.The congress is not a boulder that cannot be shifted," he said."Its date depends on many factors, including the preparedness of the documents that are to be adopted.Not everything depends on us.The change of the congress' date is possible if authorities throughout Belarus refuse to provide a suitable hall," quoted BelaPAN the UCP leader.Lebedko and Kaliakin said they like the fact that Alexander Milinkevich has welcomed the "Compromise for Unity" proposed by Vintsuk Viachorka, leader of the Belarusian Popular Front.
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The Political Council of United Pro-democratic Forces has decided that a conference commission should be formed and this decision should be implemented, Anatoly Lebedko said.
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The US and Europe are not going to fund the final split among Belarusian democrats - Lebedko and Kaliakin were just refused money for the Democratic Congress.
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The fact that Lebedko was not able to announce the final date for the Democratic Congress means that the US and Europe will be willing to fund this event only with one condition - the participation of all Belarusian oppositional forces, including Alexander Milinkevich.