Belarusian state television shows handcuffed businessmen publicly apologizing for “intentional price gouging” a day after President Oleksandr Lukashenko signed a decree banning price gouging in the country, according to footage shared on social media.
According to Belarusian journalist Tadeusz Gitsan, a researcher at the Center for the Analysis of European Politics, who wrote on Twitter, since Lukashenka signed the decree prohibiting price increases, dozens of criminal cases have been initiated, and some businessmen have been detained.
At that time, the journalist published footage from state television showing entrepreneurs in handcuffs behind their backs apologizing for the “intentional increase in prices on October 7.”
Do you remember Lukashenka’s ban on price increases? Since then, more than a dozen criminal cases have been opened against private businesses, and some entrepreneurs have been detained. Here is a businessman in handcuffs apologizing on state TV for the “deliberate increase in prices on October 7.” pic.twitter.com/ydsz0rR5bc
— Tadeusz Giczan (@TadeuszGiczan) October 16, 2022
On October 6, the President of Belarus, Oleksandr Lukashenko, announced that his decree prohibits price increases in response to “exorbitant” inflation in the economy.
“From today, any increase in prices is prohibited. It is prohibited!” Lukashenko said at the meeting of government ministers, according to the Belta news agency.
“It starts today – not from tomorrow, but from today, so that prices cannot be inflated today,” said Lukashenko.
Lukashenko also clarified at the time that failure to comply with the decree would lead to “immediate arrest and prosecution” of the guilty, reports Agerpres.
Source: Hot News RO
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