Seviarynets: If a Belarusian does not speak Belarusian with another Belarusian — there will be no Belarus
Political prisoner and politician Pavel Seviarynets believes that everyone who opposes the regime must speak the Belarusian language. He also praised all popular politicians who are taking their first steps in personal Belarusianization.
«Belarusians will speak the language that their superiors speak. Our president-elect already speaks Belarusian. Viktar Babaryka is starting to speak Belarusian — and that's great. Belarusians see that the elite speaks Belarusian, and they will do the same,» he said at the 'New Belarus' conference.
At the same time, Seviarynets acknowledges that Belarusians lack a Belarusian-language university for training strong personnel for the future.
«The enemy goes where the priest and the teacher have suffered defeat. Europeans say we have EHU. But EHU is not a Belarusian university. We need a university where Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski, Vintsuk Viachorka, Katsiaryna Vadanosava would teach in Belarusian. Youth would flock there in droves. And even though I'm almost 50, I would go to study at such a university myself.»