19 2010 July - 02:58 pm - NatPress
Source: tuapse-city.ru
In Tuapse, despite of all the obstacles, a meeting took place
A meeting, still not coordinated with the Tuapse local authorities, but, in the opinion of its organizers – the Ecological watch across Northern Caucasus - quite lawful nevertheless, took place on July, 18th on the square for Fighters for Soviets’ Authority in the very town centre of Tuapse.
On the next square of October Revolution on which the wished to gather planned to have a meeting, according to the decision of the town mayor A.Chekhov, three days ago repair of pavement had been started.
The purpose of the public action is to express the public opinion in occasion of the acute ecological situation in the town. To the meeting about two thousand of Tuapse citizens gathered - dwellers of the town and Tuapsinsky area, as well as the having rest on the coast and visitors of the town (population of Tuapse is about 63 thousand people). However, the quantity of the meeting’s participants can be estimated independently on photos and videos.
Despite of some expectations the action was without any incidents, misunderstanding or excesses from the one and the other parties. Though carrying out of the meeting was preceded with different events widely discussed in the town and on Tuapse Internet-forum which was unexpectedly closed for reconstruction.
On the square strengthened militian divisions were directed; the guards of public order observed the actions of the gathered people, not interfering into the course of the events. Even before the beginning of the meeting militia assisted, under the organizers’ request, in keeping the public order so that everything could be in the legal sphere.
The right to express was given each interested person. The meeting’s participants managed to adopt a resolution. Let’s remind, the previous document had been adopted at the meeting on May, 15th, 2010. In the newly adopted resolution there are requirements of the town population: the main thing - about carrying out of a referendum about closing of the Tuapse bulker terminal, about mistrust towards the local authorities, the requirement to include in the ecological commission of an independent expert which Tuapse citizens would trust and other items directed on stabilization of the situation in Tuapse town.
The materials are prepared together with newspaper "Tuapse News"