After a “sensation” about Lukashenko, the opposition warns that a Trojan horse has appeared

Pavel Latuška, member of the Presidium of the Coordinating Council, spoke about the mission organized after the statements of J. Vaskrasenskis. He called J. Vaskrasensky a Trojan horse.

“At the end of the meeting, the President asked me to summarize all the proposals made and to prepare a set of proposals. In addition, the president asked me to draw up a list of people who could remain in pretrial detention. ”J. Vaskrasenskis told the state channel ONT.

He added that he had already compiled a full list of people and was now trying to summarize the outcome of the meeting.

“Now he writes that it was a monologue, but it was a real dialogue. We speak mostly, and with total freedom, also on the issue of constitutional amendments, “said V. Babaryka’s former partner.

Finally, in an interview with the opposition news portal tut.by on Tuesday, J. Vaskrasenskis, as he himself named it, revealed a “sensation” from the “round table” in the KGB isolator.

‘A. Mr Lukashenko has given the word to all the members of the round table that he has had enough of his presidency, that this is his last term. .

When asked by reporters why people have to believe Lukashenko’s words, Vaskrasensky replied: “Because I think he will not cheat, I have experience … I think I have a crisis management diploma anyway, I feel those things. .. We feel: he will not cheat. Later we talk about it in the sauna. One hundred percent, he said, is enough, he is a man of his word. ” As evidence, he cited the fact that Lukashenko immediately agreed to Siarhei Cichanouski’s request for a call from his wife.

According to Vaskrasensky, Lukashenko is also willing to accept the restriction of the president’s term in the new constitution.

“I tell you another sensation of the round table; Mr. Lukashenko said: “I give you the floor, I myself proposed an amendment, to limit the number of presidential terms to two in the constitution,” Vaskrasensky said.

In his view, Mr. Lukashenko will also be willing to support a number of other fundamental changes to the constitution, including strengthening the role of parliament and possibly a trial by jury.

“Previously, he (Lukashenko) was not prepared because there was no society [pareikšto] need. It has matured for these changes, “said the former electoral staff coordinator V. Babaryka.

During the interview with tut.by, J. Vaskrasensky also saw more statements that cast doubt on whether he really represented the opposition. The man said that he liked Lukashenko very much and that he had come to the local KGB detention center because of him, that he worked there according to the Constitution, that all political prisoners were being released, that he could act accordingly, that he was the only political prisoner. prisoners, who were concerned not only about their own freedom, that it was he who achieved the changes in the treatment of detainees in solitary confinement, that the dialogue with Mr. Lukashenko was very constructive and that other political prisoners agreed to work on a project Alternative Constitution.

He also mentioned that Mr. Cichanouski had spoken harshly with Mr. Lukashenko and acted incorrectly, that the Coordination Council was doing everything wrong and should seek dialogue with the authorities, the meeting in the sauna said, that Mr. Lukashenko was a strong objective information leader, etc.

P. Latuška, member of the Presidium of the Coordination Council, former diplomat and former Minister of Cultural Affairs, commented on the statements of J. Vaskrasenskis.

“Such a drastic change in rhetoric and Voskresensky’s recent statements give reason to believe that he is under very strong psychological pressure and is simply forced to carry out a mission in stages,” Latuška said in an interview with Nostojaščije vremia.

According to him, the authorities are trying to suppress the massive protests with the hands of J. Vaskrasensky, to divide the united position of the Belarusian opposition forces.

After the famous negotiations in the sauna, Vaskrasensky assumed the roles of investigator, prosecutor and judge all at the same time, now he is alone deciding the fate of the people who could be released from prison. These principles are not followed by criminal prosecutions of no country It seems that this is exactly the kind of change that Lukashenko would like in the Constitution: “Rights to the toilet,” says P. Latuška.

He further clarified that the release of six political prisoners under house arrest with the help of Mr. Vaskrasensky was not enough.

They remain under house arrest, 93 political prisoners remain kidnapped, no cases of homicide have been filed, and the authorities continue to scrupulously break the law. That is why the nation demands the fulfillment of the People’s Ultimatum by October 26! Otherwise a general strike, “added P. Latuška.

The opposition names J. Vaskrasensky a Trojan horse.

“He, like a Trojan horse, has appeared on the scene of our politics, he is being manipulated, he is trying to give the impression that the government is taking some action. The authorities must release everyone, prosecute killings and violence. We are shocked by the publicly available facts, images and photos. And the government must, today’s illegal president must retire, “said P. Latuška.

According to him, it is very strange that a man was released from isolation, with some kind of authority, he is now leading the dialogue on behalf of the government, or at least trying.

“What I am telling you is a very strange instrument, absolutely illegal, absolutely illegitimate, absolutely vague and opaque. The most important thing is that it was not transparent: he went to the sauna, spoke and decided what to run and what not to run. And after all that, the government declares that it can rule this country.

We understand what kind of well we are in. Do only those who go to rallies in power realize that they can do the same with them tomorrow? You will sit in jail and then someone will go to the sauna with them and talk about whether to get him out of that sauna on the street or not. Truly the most absurd. That is the terminology, even the way Vaskrasensky presents it, it goes beyond common sense, “he said.

The Belarusian Opposition Coordination Council called on the authorities to release all detained opposition supporters and to end the political persecution of citizens.

“Changing a preventive measure is not a release. This is just a change in storage conditions. The release is a total and unconditional cessation of clearly illegal criminal proceedings and the prosecution of all political prisoners,” said the Coordinating Council in a statement Wednesday.

The Council stressed that so far no criminal proceedings had been closed, that charges had not been dropped, and recalled that its main demands were the release of all political prisoners, the end of the political persecution of citizens and the holding of new elections in accordance with international standards.

Pre-trial detention has recently been commuted by seven detained opposition supporters.

Belarus is protesting for the third month in a row against Aliaksandr Lukashenko, who was officially declared the winner of the presidential elections on August 9. The opposition and western democracies consider these elections to be rigged.