Belarus, “Lukashenko secretly swore in the sixth term.” Opposition in the square. Mattarella: “Serious and unacceptable repression”

Since that August 9, despite the protests in the streets, nothing has changed. Alexander Lukashenko remains at the head of the country, which has governed since 1994 with the support of the Russia, continuing suppress any form of opposition. And today, the media write BelarusiansHe secretly swore by his sixth term, and assumed the presidency promising to “serve the people of the Republic of Belarus, respect and protect the rights and freedoms of individuals and citizens.” The opposition reacted by declaring to initiate a protest “Until the final crude.” “We will never accept fraud and we ask for new elections. We are urging everyone to make a campaign of total disobedience, ”said the member. Council Presidium coordination of the Belarusian opposition Pavel latushko your Telegram. Latushko described the settlement of Lukashenko, which took place “in a climate of confidentiality and secrecy”, as “an unprecedented situation.” The news provoked a reaction from the protesters who in Minsk took to the streets again by the thousands and were dispersed by the police with the use of fire hydrants.

The president of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, during an interview at the Quirinale with the Polish president Andrzej Doubt, who expressed the concern of Warsaw for the situation in Belarus, he responded by defining “Serious and unacceptable” the repression of peaceful demonstrations of dissent and the commitment of the international community to achieve the conditions of free and fair elections in which the Belarusian people can decide their future without external interference.

The ceremony – After lending oath, in an act that was not announced, he was given the identity card of the president of the Belarus by the head of the country’s central electoral commission. The state news agency BelTa reported that the ceremony was held in the capital Minsk, in the presence of several hundred maxima officials governmental, journalists, scientists, exponents of the world of culture and of sport. the Independence Palace this morning was attended by the police and the streets of Minsk, deserted, closed to traffic for the passage of cars following that of the president, a script that remembered the one of the inauguration of Putin in 2012, when Moscow, where for months there were protests against President and his party of “thieves and swindlers” was abandoned. But in that case, however, the ceremony It had been announced in advance and images of the intervention of Putin Alabama Kremlin.

Cyprus veto of EU sanctions – A slap in the face to the thousands of citizens who have been protesting against results officers of the presidential elections, “rigged” for the opposition and where Lukashenko he would have won with 80% of the votes. the U.S and theEuropean Union criticized the violent police repression against peaceful protesters and Brussels it did not recognize the validity of the elections. But in recent days the veto of Cyprus in the Council of Foreign Ministers Brussels blocked new sanctions to Minsk. The filibuster of Nicosia is not motivated by questions of merit – the minister Nikos Christodoulides in fact, he agreed to go ahead with the file, but is linked to the request sent to the European partners for an equally incisive stance towards Turkey, for some time engaged in perforations illegal looking for hydrocarbons in the Mediterranean Oriental, in violation of their sovereignty.

A knot impossible to undo so quickly for ministers. For this reason, those who have to solve the new puzzle should be the Leader, at the extraordinary summit on Thursday, where the dossier of relations with Ankara It was already planned as a main item on the menu. And where, after many hesitations about the attitude to take towards the partner country, now it will be the turn to make decisions, and open the door to viable solutions. The calls of the ministers of the Partner countries, first of all that of the head of Lithuanian diplomacy, Linas Antanas Linkevicius, who called in vain not to “take hostagesEuropean Union, keeping him in limbo ”. Once again theUnion – as has often happened in the past – it faces its contradictions.

Lukashenko’s Iron Fist – And while Brussels performs another somersault on himself, wrapping himself, the regime of Minsk has given new signs of wanting to strengthen its stingy policy, with the complicity of Moscow. The regime LukashenkoIn fact, he announced the arrival of a thousand Russian soldiers, as part of the second phase of the exercise ‘Slavic Brotherhood 2020’, from September 22 to 25, “to guarantee the military security of the state.” News that heightens concern for the fate of the Belarusian people, who for weeks have resisted the violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrations, arbitrary incarceration, all torture, and ai violations, and that if necessary, as noted Tikhanovskaya at your audition atEurocamera, “We will continue to fight for years.”