From: eagle_wng
Meeting in Nalchik demanded to recreate Balkaria in borders of 1944
A meeting of the Balkarian opposition begun on May, 28th about noon, after long negotiations of the organizers with republican authorities took two hours, IА REGNUM correspondent informed. During this time 28 person spoke. The basic motive of the speeches was a protest against liquidation of villages Hasanja and Belaya Rechka that, in opinion of the Balkaria community is infringement of the national rights and vital interests of Balkarian nation.
In the beginning of the action a plan of stage-by-stage reconstruction of Balkaria Republic was sounded. Under this plan on the basis of village Hasanja an initiative group which should defend interests of the nation in all instances had been created. The second stage should become realization of the law ” About rehabilitation of subjected to repression nation ” regarding returning to Balkarians’ territories in the borders of 1944 (before their deportation to the Central Asia). The third planned step is a convocation all-Balkarian congress, the fourth – declaration of Republic of Balkaria.
The meeting’s participants had expressed mistrust to the Inter-regional association of Balkarian nation “Alan” led by Sufian Beppaev. The national leader was accused of service of interests of the ruling clique of Kabardino-Balkaria. Mistrust was expressed as well to deputies of KBR Parliament, Balkarians by origin. In a resolution they fixed a decision on the deputies’ recall. With enthusiasm at the meeting they met and approved an offer to perpetuate Arthur Zokaev’s name. With the name of the killed head of the village administration it was decided to name a street and a school in Hasanija settlement. The meeting’s participants has unequivocally regarded Zokaev’s murder as a custom-made political crime and demanded to give investigation to the State Office of Public Prosecutor of Russian Federation.
However the requirement of the meeting about declaration of republic of Balkaria was not included into a summary resolution. In its final variant they fixed: restoration of the status of four Balkarian areas in the borders of 1944; stay of action of the law ” About the status and borders of municipal formations of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic ” before the final restoration of Balkarian territories; restoration of the villages Hasanija and Belaya Rechka in their previous status; stopping of massive militia’s discrimination and violation under pretext of military counter terror operations in Balkarian settlements.
They decided to send the resolution to the Russian president and the Federal Assembly of Russia, to the European Council. For resolving of all the problems a working group of the heads of Balkarian settlements’ administrations, deputies of the local self-government and lawyers was created.
A group of deputies of Hasanija settlement municipal formation headed by Ismail Baziev had stated about their intention to begin permanent hunger-strike in a case of ignoring by republican authorities the meeting’s requirements.
According to the new territorially-administrative division of KBR since June, 1st settlements Hasanja and Belaya Rechka (which have traditionally Balkarian population) and two suburbs of Nalchik – Kenje and Adyjuh will lose their status of municipal formations and become micro districts of the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria. Besides the law ” About the status and borders of municipal formations of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic ” come into force on March, 1st, 2005 provides a change of the status of the significant areas of recreational territories. It is a question about so called “inter-settled” lands.
According to the Russian Constitution such activities are possible in regions with a low population density. Kabardino-Balkaria in the Russian register is ranked as a region with a high population density. In this situation Balkarians declare that creation in inter-settled territories in KBR is a pretext to depriving Balkarian villages of their vital space – the arable and pasturable lands. All these arguments became the basis for proceedings and mass actions of protest.
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