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The protests against the head of state Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus have been going on for more than four weeks. Lukashenko has now announced a decision on possible new elections early next year. In an interview with various Russian state media in Minsk, the president said in an interview with various Russian state media in Minsk that the People’s Assembly meets from December to January. Opposition politician Svetlana Tichanowskaja believes that new elections are the only way out of the government’s crisis.
More excerpts from this conversation were posted on Wednesday. “At this congress, all dates will be set, including presidential elections, if necessary,” Lukashenko said.
The Belarusian People’s Assembly meets every five years to make decisions on political and economic issues, for example. Lukashenko announced in January that the committee would meet this year. He had not made an appointment. Meanwhile, Lukashenko appointed Andrej Schwed as the new attorney general. Last week he had already made several personnel decisions in the security apparatus.
Lukashenko, 66, was confirmed as president in the August 9 vote and plans to take up his sixth term in November. The election is criticized internationally for being grossly false. The opposition sees Tichanovskaya as the real winner. There have been protests against Lukashenko since the vote.
“Only a new election can save our country”
Tichanovskaya, who is now in exile in Lithuania, said on Wednesday: “Only a new election can save our country,” she said in Warsaw after a meeting with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. “In the eyes of the people, Lukashenko is no longer the legitimate president.” The opposition movement is in the middle of its struggle.
Speaking to students at the University of Warsaw, Tichanovskaya said the protests should continue to be peaceful. “The regime shows its weakness when it sends soldiers.” The protests would never end. Everyone wanted a change. “Everyone in Belarus is now a leader.” The protesters agreed that Belarus must become neutral and independent.
