Svislach district newspaper tried to promote the head of the district executive committee — it turned out as always

'Svislach Newspaper' tried to create an idyllic picture of the local authorities' unity with the people, but instead of popular love, it received an avalanche of sarcasm.

The photograph, in which district head Andrei Grytskevich went out onto the city streets and met an elderly woman during a street stroll, provoked malicious irony and indignation.

The idea of the local ideologues, apparently, was simple: to show that the local chief is a simple person. A post appeared on the social network Threads with the caption: 'Where else can you see the chairman of the district executive committee walking through the city with ordinary residents and solving their issues? Just Svislach. Just Andrei Grytskevich.'

The wording about 'ordinary residents' drew a line between the 'celestial being' and the rest of the population. Commentators were active:

'And who is the chairman of the executive committee that he cannot walk with ORDINARY residents? Is he very complex?'

'You should be ashamed to post such things. This is normal. An official is just a citizen. He just performs a job for which he is paid.'

Residents noticed that the woman in the photo does not look happy at all: 'Does the granny know that grace has already descended upon her?'

'God himself descended from heaven and is walking, talking to some serf-girl! Where! Else! Will! You! See! Such a thing!'

'Wow, what a celestial being, the chairman of the district executive committee.'

'Do we have a caste country or have people already been divided into estates?'

'You should be ashamed to post such things, because it's normal: an official is just a citizen who performs certain duties for which the state pays him. And this "walking with ordinary residents" — that's just disgusting and vile to read.'

Many plunged completely into sarcasm.

'Yes! I saw him on the train! He refused the bedding, said — it's expensive. He drank tea without sugar, put a packet of sugar in his pocket, saying: "I'll give it to the children in Svislach later." '

'Aha! I saw him too. In Baranavichy, at the station, he asked to finish a cigarette butt. He said he had no money at all. He spent everything on medicine for Svislach pensioners.'

'Obviously! In the photo, he's clearly running after the pensioner to give her money for medicine! And she, ungrateful, even snapped at him (in the second photo). What a bad people!'

Users did not overlook the details of the 'candid' shot.

'There's no one around, no people, Andrei's deputy is photographing him. Who should he be afraid of? Who needs him anyway?'

'Take a picture, as if I'm helping the population.'

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Users began to compare the Svislach 'miracle' with world practice, where the closeness of power to the people is not a matter of pride.

'A week ago, people simply met Macron on the street. But in Belarus, if you have 80% support, you need 20 security cars and a helicopter.'

'In any civilized country, this is an employee going to work — that's normal.'

For users, the post became evidence of how far removed from reality the Belarusian 'vertical' has become.

'This is a brilliant post. For descendants, this "trace of the era" must be preserved.'

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