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Cichanouskaya, who was forced to leave Lithuania after the controversial presidential elections in August, said she did not recognize Lukashenko as a legitimate head of state.
“It just came to our knowledge then [prezidentu] it was solely due to the fact that the previous mandate had expired and the people had not given him a new mandate. This so-called inauguration is, of course, a sham. In fact, Lukashenko just retired today, “he stressed.
“This means that his orders to the government are no longer legal, which means that they cannot be enforced. I, Sviatlana Cihanouskaya, am the only leader elected by the people of Belarus. Now our task is to build a new Belarus together.” said the leader of the opposition.
He added that during a visit to Brussels this week, he heard calls from European leaders to end the violence in Belarus and hold new fair elections.
“They are ready to provide real aid; there are important investment packages for Belarus after the victory of democracy,” Cichanouskaya said.
The Belarusian opposition intends to hold an indefinite protest after Lukashenko’s inauguration on Wednesday, which had not been announced in advance.
“We will never accept falsification and demand new elections! We invite everyone to start an indefinite campaign of disobedience,” wrote Pavel Latuška, a member of the Presidium of the Opposition Coordination Council, on the Telegram channel.
He called Lukashenko’s inauguration an “unprecedented situation.”
“Today we have seen an unprecedented situation. The outgoing president, who claims to have received more than 80 percent in the elections. Votes, carried out a special self-enrichment operation. Protecting the conditions of OMON, secret and secret, in a narrow circle of officials hastily brought in. Where are the cheerful citizens? Where is the diplomatic corps? “wrote P. Latuška.
On Wednesday, Lukashenko completely unexpectedly gave Belarusian journalists and observers an oath for a sixth term, but analysts say he has shown he feels insecure.
“Once, thanks to divine providence, the people of Belarus easily and indeed unexpectedly obtained their independence. And we consider it a gift for a long time, sometimes without appreciating it. And today, having achieved this victory through suffering , we have reached a new level of self-awareness, “Lukashenko said during the swearing-in ceremony, his words were quoted by the state news agency BelTA.
“After the electoral battles, we saw our entire nation mature. And although Belarus is a very young independent state by world standards, Belarusians as a people are no longer children, we are a nation,” he added.
“I cannot, I have no right to leave the Belarusians, who have linked not only political points of view but also their destiny and the future of their children to the direction of the State;” All those who remained loyal to the country and the people during such a difficult period for Belarus, “Lukashenko said.
“Public officials and people with shoulders have shown perseverance, courage and unity,” he said.
“Our statehood has been challenged in an unprecedented way: the challenge of reliable technologies for the destruction of independent states that have been tried many times. Yet we have become one of the few, perhaps even the only one, [valstybe], where the “color revolution” did not work. And this is the choice of the Belarusians, who in no way want to lose the country, “Lukashenko said.
“Unprecedented external pressure has only toughened us, made us more determined and relentless in the fight for our own – we don’t need a stranger,” he said.
He said he was confident that Belarus could expect new economic, logistical, technological and other solutions in the near future.
“It is necessary to enter this ‘renaissance’, to make the most of its potential by developing what we can do,” said the autocrat who has ruled the country since 1994.
For more than a month there have been unprecedented protests in Belarus over the presidential elections on August 9, in which Lukashenko has been declared the winner.
7 countries declare that they do not recognize Lukashenko as president of Belarus
Germany, Slovakia, Denmark, the Czech Republic do not recognize Alexander Lukashenko as Belarusian president, representatives of these countries said on Wednesday. The three Baltic countries also refused to consider Lukashenko president.
“The minimum requirements for democratic elections were not met at all. They were neither fair nor free,” said Steffen Seibert, spokesman for the German government, after Lukashenko secretly took office.
“Even after today’s ceremony, Mr. Lukashenko is not a legitimate president because he lacks the democratic legitimacy that would be a prerequisite for his recognition as president,” he said.
Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korchok also said his country does not recognize Lukashenko as the legitimate president of Belarus.
“Alexander Lukashenko, who took office today, has no legitimacy to govern his country. He is responsible for the presidential elections in Belarus, which were neither free nor fair,” the head of the Slovak Foreign Ministry wrote on Twitter.
“Slovakia is on the side of the Belarusian people,” he added.
Latvia, for its part, believes that the inauguration ceremony held in Minsk does not legitimize the election results and does not authorize Lukashenko to hold the presidency for a sixth term, the Foreign Ministry in Riga said.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Janis Becker told the BNS news agency that such a move would only deepen the political crisis in Belarus.
“The new president of Belarus can only be elected by the people of Belarus in free and fair elections with the participation of international observers,” the ministry said.
According to her, the vote in Belarus on August 9 was neither free nor fair, so “Latvia does not recognize the results of these elections and does not consider that Alexander Lukashenko is the legitimate president of Belarus.”
Still, Latvia “will leave open diplomatic channels for cooperation with Belarus on a technical level.”
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda declared shortly after news of his inauguration in Minsk that Lithuania did not recognize Lukashenko as the legitimate leader of Belarus.
Danish Foreign Minister Epe Kofad commented on Lukashenko’s inauguration: “Lukashenko confirmed his illegality by holding a secret inauguration. Belarus needs free and fair elections, a democratically elected president.” False elections should not lead Lukashenko to presidential palace, but to the EU sanctions list. “
The Czech Republic also did not recognize Lukashenko’s inauguration as legitimate.
“The elections in Belarus were neither free nor fair,” Czech Foreign Minister Tomasz Petrichek wrote on Twitter.
According to the correspondents of the Interfax news agency, announcements of the upcoming inauguration appeared on the platforms of the Telegram platform on Wednesday morning. Later, online media published photos of Lukashenko’s tuple. Journalists raised the version that it was a rehearsal for Lukashenko’s inauguration.
There was no announcement on Lukashenko’s official website and the ceremonies were not broadcast live on state television. This was probably to prevent the protesters from gathering.
Minsk officials did not return calls or say they had no information on the date of the inauguration. However, reports soon surfaced on Telegram and on the BelTA website of the Belarusian state news agency that Lukashenko had been sworn in and assumed office.
For more than a month there have been unprecedented protests in Belarus over the presidential elections on August 9, in which Lukashenko has been declared the winner.
According to official data, A. Lukashenko was “supported” by 80.1 percent. voters and opposition candidate S. Cichanouskaya received 10.12 percent. votes. The opposition and the West consider these results to be falsified.
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