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„S. Cichanouskaya appointed Harry Pahaniail, a well-known Belarusian lawyer and human rights defender, as his human rights representative. Alesis Aliachnovičius, an economist, has been appointed representative of economic reforms, “the report said.
Mr. Pohoniaila has been a lawyer in many human rights cases in Belarus, including Belarusian journalists Pavel Sharamet and Dzmitry Zavadzki. He has been vice chairman of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee for more than two decades.
A. Aliachnovičius is the vice president of the CASE-Belarus analytical center. The center conducts economic research and prepares economic reforms in Belarus.
“Aliaksandr Lukashenko’s regime is not only illegitimate, it also fails to meet its challenges. We cannot do anything and just watch the country sink deeper and deeper into crisis.” I continue to work to mobilize all democratic forces in society. Belarusian government in order to hold new elections, “Cichanouskaya said.
Her spokeswoman Ana Krasulina explained to the Interfax news agency that it was about forming the Cichanouskaya team.
“This is the answer to the question: Sviatlana Cichanouskaya – is she one person? Does she have a team? And if there is a team, who are those people?”
“We are at war with the Coordinating Council. We coordinate our actions. For a common goal,” said A. Krasulina, when asked if the members of the Coordination Council of the Belarusian opposition will be included in the formation of S. Cichanouskaya’s team. .
“The Coordination Council is the body created by Sviatlana to negotiate with the outgoing regime the conditions and the procedure for this withdrawal, the procedure for the transfer of power,” he said.
Protests against the results of the presidential elections on August 9 are held in Belarus for the second consecutive month. Lukashenko, who has ruled the country since 1994, has been declared the winner. The opposition and western countries consider that these elections are rigged.
Merkel promises to meet soon with Belarusian opposition leader
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that she will hold talks with the main Belarusian opposition leader, whom French President Emmanuel Macron promised a few days ago to help mediate in the resolution of the political crisis in Belarus.
“Soon I will meet with the leader of the opposition, Mr. [Sviatlana] Cichanouskaya, “Merkel told parliament.
The Chancellor praised the bravery of women in demonstrations in Belarus since the controversial elections on August 9. The opposition claims that its candidate S. Cichanouskaya defeated the country’s authoritarian president, Aliaksandr Lukashenko, in the elections.
Merkel, whose country currently holds the presidency of the European Union, said that Berlin did not recognize Lukashenko as the winner of the elections and condemned the Belarusian government’s violence against protesters.
“Seeing … the courage of women who take to the streets for a life free and without corruption, I can only say: I admire it and I am really impressed,” said Merkel.
E. Macronas spoke with S. Cichanouskaja during his visit to Lithuania this week. This is the most focused meeting of Mr. Cichanouskaya since the elections in Belarus.
“As Europeans, we will do what we can to help and mediate, to go back to the OSCE mediation to move forward,” Macron said in Vilnius.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has offered to help mediate the negotiations to end the crisis in Belarus.
The massive protests in Belarus since the elections have been suppressed by bloody means. Cichanouskaya’s husband, Siarhei, is in custody on charges of attempting to overthrow the government.
Comrades ask the ICC to prosecute Mr. Lukashenko for crimes against humanity
Former Belarusian presidential candidate, Cichanouskaya’s comrades, said on Wednesday that they had asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to sue the autocrat Aliaksandr Lukashenko for “crimes against humanity.”
The corresponding petition was signed by more than 37 thousand. people from 102 countries around the world, Cichanouskaya supporters reported via the Telegram correspondence platform.
The Hague-based ICC and its chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, must take action against Lukashenko because he has personally allowed violence against protesters after the elections, according to the report.
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