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“It may be that they show me not only on television, but also on every iron and kettle. But really, now only I can defend the Belarusians, “he said in an excerpt from an interview published by the radio station.
Lukashenko did not rule out early presidential elections, but only after a referendum on constitutional reform.
“We are ready to carry out a constitutional reform, after which I do not rule out the possibility of early presidential elections,” Lukashenko was quoted as saying by Roman Babayan, editor-in-chief of Govorit Moscow, in an interview with the Belarusian leader.
Mr. Lukashenko also said that he did not intend to enter into a dialogue with the opposition Coordination Council because he did not consider it an opposition.
“I am not going to speak to the Coordinating Council of the opposition because I do not know who those people are. They are not an opposition, “wrote Babayan, quoting Mr. Lukashenko almost literally.
According to A. Lukšenko, all the proposals put forward by the opposition would be catastrophic for Belarus.
They want to end all our ties with fraternal Russia, they want us to pay for science and medicine. They want all our industrial enterprises to be destroyed and workers to be unemployed, “Lukashenko said.
For almost a month there have been unprecedented protests in Belarus over the presidential elections on August 9, which were won by the authoritarian leader Lukashenko, who has ruled the country since 1994. The opposition and Western countries consider these elections to be rigged .
The largest protests took place on August 16 and 23, when more than 100,000 people took to the streets. people, publish the media.
During the first days of the protests, some 7,000 people were arrested. people died, but the exact number is unknown. Lukashenko’s main rival in the presidential elections, Sviatlana Cichanouskaya, announced on August 25 that at least six people had died.
AFP / „Scanpix“ nuotr./Sviatlana Cichanouskaja
According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, four people were killed in the protests and 450 cases of violence against detainees were recorded.
Two days after the elections, S.Cichanouskaja left for Lithuania. On August 18, his supporters created a Coordination Council with a view to a peaceful handover of power and new elections. The Belarusian government considers the Constitutional Council unconstitutional.
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