Mr. Minister, how can you justify such a decision, when your decision was known and had been announced with regard to that international festival one month before the event, and when the organizers had already committed to the expenditures? How can you justify that? You say that this year you will target larger cities, but were people made aware of this ahead of time? You announced your decision just one month before the holding of the events, whereas these organizations had already made their commitments.
On May 13th, 2010. See this statement in context.