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The CRC has rejected all requests from the opposition not to recognize the controversial results of last weekend’s presidential elections, one of the candidates, Andrei Dmitriev, said on Friday.
“All complaints related to the non-recognition of the elections, as well as the proposal to postpone the decision, were rejected [dėl skundų]”- Dmitrijev reported through the correspondence platform” Telegram “.
“We’re going to the Supreme Court!” Added the politician.
“The election results have been confirmed by decision of the Commission. Aliaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenko has been elected President of the Republic of Belarus,” the CRK said in a statement.
According to the commission, Andrei Dmitriev received 1.21%, Hana Kanapatskaya 1.68% and Siarhei Cherachen 1.14%. votes. 4.59 percent voted against all the candidates. voters.
Voter turnout was 84.28 percent, according to the CRK.
The meeting was, in fact, secret: it was not announced, no representative of the media was invited, and there was no video broadcast of the meeting.
The country’s presidential elections were held on August 9. According to preliminary official results, the current president, Lukashenko, who has been in office since 1994, won the elections by a wide margin over other candidates.
The official election results announced have sparked massive protests that continue to this day. About 7 thousand were arrested. persons. Among other things, peaceful protests began in Belarusian industry on Thursday.
The actions of the country’s authorities and security agencies have been harshly criticized by officials from the European Union and the United States, who do not rule out the possibility of imposing sanctions on Belarus.
Belarus’ top presidential candidate Cichanouskaya called for peaceful protests across the country over the weekend and backed up her claims that she had been defeated by authoritarian leader Lukashenko in last week’s controversial elections.
She said she received 60-70% of the votes. votes.
“It just came to our attention then. There are supporting documents for this: [balsų skaičiavimo] copies of minutes. Where the commissions counted fairly, my support was 60 to 70 percent, “Cichanouskaya said, adding that in one of Minsk’s constituencies, 90 percent supported him who voted.
After counting all the votes according to the data of the Central Electoral Commission, 100 percent. we don’t get it
Journalists have carefully examined the final result of the vote count, which was released by the Central Election Commission of Belarus, reports the Russian BBC service.
Adding the percentage points of all votes for and against each candidate, the final figure is 98.84%, not 100%.
The Central Electoral Commission lost 1.16 percent. completed ballot papers?
These data are extracted from the article of the state news agency “Belta”. The discrepancy was first noticed by The Village Belarus staff.
People are protesting
Meanwhile, peaceful protests against the official results of the presidential elections, which led to the re-election of the country’s current president, Alexander Lukashenko, for a six-year term, continue on Friday in Minsk and other Belarusian cities.
Teachers, musicians and employees of many companies in the country go on strike.
Graduates return their certificates to schools, and the general manager of the BATE football club tossed his police officer uniform in the trash, reports svoboda.org.
Before becoming the leader of perhaps the most titled Belarusian soccer team, which has repeatedly participated in the UEFA Champions League, Mikhail Zalevsky served in the military.
“I no longer have tears for watching people beaten with sticks and the arbitrariness of power structures. I am a former militia officer and now I am very ashamed. For the sake of peace, STOP. Don’t you feel sorry for women or children? Remember the words of the oath, the courage of the parents, the courage of the grandparents. THERE ARE NO ENEMIES here, neighbors, wives and friends around. THINK before lifting the stick. You can’t oppress ordinary people, “he wrote on Instagram on Friday.
The Belarusians, meanwhile, have set up another protest “flashlight”: they bring their certificates of maturity and letters of recommendation to schools whose staff they believe have contributed to the falsification of election results.
Vocational training and school facilities pic.twitter.com/n8aj6gqKRO
– Чай з варэннем (@belteanews) August 14, 2020
According to correspondents of various channels, Telegram channels and witnesses, people have been lining up in “solidarity chains” on many streets of Minsk since the morning. As in previous days, these actions are dominated by women, who have flowers in hand.
The tut.by portal reported that the doctors had formed a “solidarity chain” near the fifth hospital. They have signs with the words “Our men are beaten enough”, “Doctors against violence.” Participants say they wear black on Friday to protest cruel treatment of detainees.
Musicians and teachers met at the Philharmonic. Some of them brought posters with the words “Teachers against violence”, “Teachers against lies”, “We are honest teachers”, “We are peaceful people”, “What beat us?” jobs.
Previously, they were joined by presidential candidate Andrei Dmitrijev and Maryja Kalesnikava, candidate Sviatlan Cichanouskaya’s comrade, and Viktor Babaryka’s head of non-electoral staff.
Some came to the teacher marches with the children. Teachers were joined by those who had previously worked in the fields, as well as bystanders. Cars, including ambulances, support them with audible signals.
Campaign participants, who go to the Ministry of Education, ask Minister Ihar Karpenko to enter into a dialogue with them.
Earlier, graduates of the Belarusian State Pedagogical University asked graduates of pedagogical institutions and employees of the educational system, as well as school teachers, to “condemn fraud” during the elections.
According to the portal tut.by, the peaceful protesters have the support of taxi drivers from Minsk.
“Yesterday many taxi drivers went to Žodzina (near the detention center) to take the released people from there. And today we decided to unite to support the girls standing by Dzerzhinsky avenue. We will give them flowers. We want to go through the city with a column ”, said one of the participants of the campaign.
As on Thursday, a women’s column was formed in downtown Minsk, which began to move down Independence Avenue. Little by little more and more people join.
The portal onliner.by, for its part, reports that a group of girls dressed in black have met at the Central Electoral Commission of Belarus. Today, he is considering the complaints of the candidates.
Babaryka headquarters demands new presidential elections in Belarus
In Belarus, the headquarters of Viktor Babaryka, a former candidate for the presidential detention center, demanded that the authorities hold new elections for the head of state before September 15 with the participation of international observers.
“Hold new fair elections before September 15 with the participation of all alternative candidates and observation of international organizations, with new electoral commissions, a new Central Electoral Commission, video surveillance cameras, open vote counting,” the statement read of V. Babaryka’s staff.
The headquarters also demands the immediate cessation of the use of physical force and detentions, as well as the immediate release of all political prisoners, as well as those detained during peaceful actions and protests.
Furthermore, the headquarters announced that V. Babaryka’s lawyers have not been able to meet with him for a week. They haven’t seen his defense since last Friday.
“It is illegal and seriously violates the rights of the accused and the lawyers. We demand the admission of lawyers!”
Mr. Babaryka and his son Eduard were arrested on June 18 and have since been held in the KGB detention center. The former banker is accused of setting up a criminal organization and financial machinations.
Cichanouskaya calls for “peaceful protests”
Belarus’ top presidential candidate, Sviatlana Cichanouskaya, called for peaceful protests across the country over the weekend on Friday and backed her claims that she was defeated by authoritarian leader Aliaksandr Lukashenko in last week’s controversial elections.
“Belarusians will never want to live with the previous government. Most don’t believe it [A. Lukašenkos] victory “, says the video of S. Cichanouskaja.
“I ask the mayors of all cities to organize mass peaceful protests in each city on August 15 and 16,” added the candidate who left for Lithuania.
She said she received 60-70% of the votes. votes.
“It just came to our attention then. There are supporting documents for this: [balsų skaičiavimo] copies of minutes. Where the commissions counted fairly, my support was 60 to 70 percent, “Cichanouskaya said, adding that in one of Minsk’s constituencies, 90 percent supported him who voted.
Belarus has been plagued by strong protests against the election results, which the opposition considers manipulated, since Sunday night. Official preliminary results show that Lukashenko scored 80.08 percent and S. Cichanouskaya 10.9 percent. votes.
Approximately 6.7 thousand people were detained as the militia brutally repressed opposition protests. Hundreds of people were injured and two deaths were also reported.
Many of those released from detention centers reported being beaten, tortured and humiliated during detention.
Cichanouskaya, who arrived in neighboring Lithuania on Tuesday, said that significant changes had taken place in Belarus and condemned the militia’s crackdown on protesters.
“Six months ago, no one would believe that Belarusians could come together and say ‘no’ to the old government, but that’s what happened,” he said.
“The government has turned peaceful street demonstrations into bloody massacres,” Cichanouskaya said.
“It just came to our notice then. We must stop the violence in the streets of Belarusian cities. I urge the authorities to put an end to it and start a dialogue,” said the opposition figure.
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