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The party still has no name. However, the rise of such a political movement shows that after long unsuccessful protests to oust authoritarian leader Aliaksandr Lukashenko from power, the months-long front formed by opposition leader Sviatlan Cichanouskaya is crumbling.
“We are developing a multi-party system that will give Belarusian citizens a real choice between political parties,” Politico explained during a long-distance video interview with Politico.
He made the decision a week after another opposition leader, Viktor Babaryka, who is currently in detention in Belarus, also announced the formation of his party.
These steps are pushing Cichanouskaya, the main public face of the opposition, into an awkward position. Cichanouskaya claims that it was she who won the presidential election last August. Official results show that Lukashenko raised 80 percent. votes, but this result was widely condemned as false.
The election results sparked widespread protests across Belarus, sparking fierce repression by forces loyal to Lukashenko. Thousands of people were arrested and deaths were inevitable.
Opposition leaders are jailed or have fled the country. S. Cichanouskaja stayed in Vilnius, P. Latuška – in Warsaw.
The opposition hopes to resume mass protests against Lukashenko, which were suppressed during the winter. In his speech, Fr. Latuška called for protests to be held on May 9. – Belarus commemorates the end of World War II on that day.
Both S. Cichanouskaya and P. Latuška belong to the seven-member presidium of the Coordinating Council of the Belarusian Opposition. This council is a non-governmental entity whose purpose is to facilitate the democratic seizure of power.
Impaired relationships
However, two people close to the presidium say that the cooperation between S. Cichanouskaja and P. Latuška is fading and deteriorating.
The most important thing for S. Cichanouskaja is to keep all the major opposition politicians in a united front against Lukashenko, who calls both S. Cichanouskaja and Latatu terrorists.
“We do not have [kito] choice – we must stand together. We work together, we are united by the same goal. I understand that I am a unifier. Pavel Latuška, Valerijus Cepkalas, Viktoras Babaryka – they all have their own political ambitions, and this is understandable. However, our main objective is to make Belarus a democratic country, that is why my leader is important, “Cichanouskaya told Politico.
Speaking from an unspecified office building in Warsaw, P. Latuška rejected any disagreement conversations with S. Cichanouskaya.
“S. Cichanouskaya decided to move forward at a significant moment in our nation’s history. She has received many votes, I respect her very much,” P. Latuška told Politico.
He called for the creation of a “parliamentary-presidential republic based on the principle of a change of government, with a multiparty system and a check and balance mechanism.”
The goal is to create a party structure that allows for quick turnout and campaigning, provided country conditions allow.
Mr. Latuška is also open to negotiations with Mr. Lukashenko. He said that if a leader agreed to negotiate, “it will basically be clear that he knows he has lost.
Cichanouskaya, for her part, has long said that if allowed to do so, she will hold free and transparent elections and then “continue to work for Belarus.”
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