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In a public speech to French leader Emmanuel Macron, on the eve of his stay in Lithuania, they ask for a voice calling for the freedom of the Belarusian people.
“Mr. President, in 1990, the Lithuanians who fought for their freedom stubbornly struck the conscience of France and Europe. And finally we were heard. Today, our brothers and sisters from Belarus call on their conscience and our conscience, the conscience of Europe. Their women and men are subjected to inhuman torture. And this is happening in the Europe of the 21st century, “say the authors of the speech.
“We hope that you and freedom-loving France will hear the painful cry for freedom of the people of Belarus,” we added in a letter whose authors use the name “Belarus.”
The public address to the President of France was signed by scientists Viktorija Daujotytė, Irena Veisaitė, Algis Mickūnas, Egidijus Aleksandravičius, Rector of the University of Vilnius Rimvydas Petrauskas, Rector of Vytautas University Magnus Juozas Augutis, the writers Tomas Venclova, Kornelijus Platelis and many other scientists.
On Sunday, Macron said that Belarus’ authoritarian leader, Aliaksandr Lukashenko, must resign.
“Obviously he has to withdraw,” Macron told the French weekly Journal du Dimanche before his visit to Lithuania and Latvia.
Opposition leader Sviatlana Cichanouskaya has claimed that since the August 9 elections, despite Lukashenko’s claim that he had won a landslide victory, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Belarus to protest.
The Lukashenko regime has taken brutal measures against the protesters, which have provoked condemnation from the West but support from Moscow. He made a secret inauguration this week, sparking new demonstrations and a new wave of Western criticism.
French President E. Macron and his wife will visit Lithuania on Monday, their first visit to the country.
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