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Stasys Jakeliūnas, representative of the “peasants”, said that he did not support the resolution because of “too aggressive rhetoric”, although he stressed that he does not support either the Russian or the Belarusian regime.
“Those things are too populist, moreover, too aggressive unbalanced rhetoric can provoke both inappropriate actions from Belarus, but especially from Russia,” S. Jakeliūnas commented on his decision.
Photo by Julius Kalinskas / 15min / Stasys Jakeliūnas
“This does not mean that I do not support or will not support specific specific sanctions, I condemn both the Putin regime and the Lukashenko regime, but such statements, in my opinion, are more likely to harm than help both the EU and Lithuania,” said the Lithuanian representative. EP.
The head of the Labor Party, V. Uspaskich, said that the resolution, in his opinion, had not been prepared in its entirety, as evidenced by the results of the vote: more than 100 abstentions and “against”.
“The resolution must be crystallized to be clear and adopted by majority or consensus, and now more than 100 people have not supported it,” Uspaskich told BNS.
Luke April / 15min photo / Viktor Uspaskich
The EP passed a resolution last Thursday with 574 votes in favor, 37 against and 82 abstentions, claiming that the presidential elections in Belarus were unfair and without recognizing Alexander Lukashenko as president of Belarus at the end of his current term.
The resolution also expresses its support for the Belarusian opposition, calls for sanctions against Lukashenko, his power structures, as well as against Russians who support the Belarusian regime.
In Belarus there have been unprecedented protests for more than a month over the presidential elections on August 9, which Lukashenko has ruled the country since 1994. The opposition and western countries consider these elections to be rigged.
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