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“As a reason to refuse to register [A. Lukašenkos kandidatūrą] The BLF provides evidence that administrative resources were used to nominate Lukashenko; its steering group used public funds and other material resources; Unequal conditions were created and repression was applied against other presidential candidates, “the party said in a statement.
“We see that the current presidential election campaign is in the worst case,” said BLF chief Grigory Kostusev. – Open hands to political structures for political repression against opponents of power and its prosecution; arrests and torture are becoming a key method to curb the legitimate and just indignation of citizens. “
According to Kostusev, Lukashenko, who has led Belarus since 1994, is “campaigning blatantly for his election campaign, despite the minimal restrictions imposed by the Electoral Law.”
The presidential election in Belarus will take place on August 9.
On July 14, the CRC plans to announce which candidates have been registered as candidates for the post of head of state.
In recent weeks, many of Lukashenko’s critics and rivals have been arrested, and popular opposition figures have faced significant obstacles in running for the next election, observers say.
Viktor Babarika, considered Lukashenko’s main rival in the elections, was arrested this month on suspicion of financial crime, and the next day the president announced that his government had thwarted the plan by foreign forces to incite a popular uprising in Belarus.
The head of the electoral campaign for the presidential candidate Svetlana Tichanovskaya, her husband and the popular blogger Sergei Tichanovsky are also imprisoned.
Amnesty International has recognized Babaryk and Tichanovsky as prisoners of conscience for their comrades and bloggers previously detained in Belarus.
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