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“Today in Belarus we see a real war that Lukashenko has started against peaceful people. Even now, we have a lot of terrible news from prisons about the torture of peaceful protesters. (…) We have terrible knowledge about people who participated in peaceful protests and they have not returned home yet. Family members attack us with requests for help. This is a very terrible situation, “said O. Karach, who attended the meeting of the Seimas Foreign Affairs Committee, where he met with representatives of the opposition Belarusian.
The opposition mentioned about 10,000 people who had been beaten, tortured in protests, several hundred people who had suffered serious injuries. She said she was convinced there was more than one victim.
“We see a lot of blood in the streets of Belarus, but the Belarusians are not retreating. We now have information about strikes in Belarusian prisons, factories and decentralized protests everywhere, not only in Minsk, but also in small towns and villages, ”said Karach.
According to the opposition, there are serious systemic problems in Belarus, accompanied by economic problems. He said that people in Belarus have trouble charging or exchanging currency.
“We have problems withdrawing money from an ATM. We have limits per transaction, which is about 120 Belarusian rubles, which would be 50-60 euros. We have problems with currency exchange. And in Belarus we still have queues at ATMs and ATMs. banks to withdraw money, “said O. Karach.
Lukashenko does not consider him a legitimate leader
The opposition does not regard Lukashenko as a legitimate leader of the country.
“This is an occupation of Belarus, a war, and now we only have one legitimate president, Cichanouskaya,” Karach said.
She said she was not disappointed in Cichanouskaya’s decision to leave the country.
„S. Cichanouvskaya was a symbol of hope for all Belarusians. (…) I am glad that you are in a safe place with your children. Now he has more opportunities to talk about the real situation in Belarus, “Karach said.
The woman said she believed that we would still receive news that Cichanouskaya would continue to fight for freedom and democracy in Belarus.
When asked what it expects from Lithuania, the opposition called for help and mediation, as far as possible, in the peaceful transition of power in Belarus.
The committee does not recognize the elections in Belarus as official
As already announced, the Seimas Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously confirmed that it did not recognize the elections in Belarus as official and, for the first time in Lithuanian history, declared that it did not consider Mr. Lukashenko a legitimate leader of Belarus.
“It just came to our notice then. Consequently, we will appeal to the parliaments of other democracies to take a similar position and, together with the EU, we will demand new elections,” said committee member Žygimantas Pavilionis.
The Commission called on the Government, together with the EU, but also at the national level, to draw up a list of individuals subject to individual sanctions and urges the EU to adopt the Magnicki Global Act and provide direct support to citizens currently fighting for constitutional and democratic principles. any financial or other support to Belarusian state institutions.
The CEC welcomed the initiative to convene an extraordinary meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, which would also raise the issue of the EU embargo on the electricity generated by Astrave. The CEC also agreed to hold a special session of the Seimas to consider the question of Belarus.
An extraordinary extraordinary meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council will be convened on Friday to discuss the situation in Belarus. In the absence of solutions there, it cannot be ruled out that Lithuania will consider the issue of national sanctions against those responsible for electoral fraud and violence.
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