[ad_1]
“I have two people: they can run in the presidential elections. In addition, they would be strong candidates. The first is a general. [prezidento padėjėjas Juras Karajevas], second – [Gardino srities] governor [Vladzimiras Karanikas]. Young, new generation, smart. They know the value of this country ”, emphasized Lukashenko in his speech; his words were announced on Pul pervogo, a Telegram channel close to the presidency.
Such figures, Lukashenko added, “are already beginning to be seen; It turns out that we have decent people who know the country. “They will compete,” said the president.
The head of state emphasized that in Belarus there can only be one way to change the government – during elections.
“The people have chosen everything. My children will not be presidents after me,” he said.
Since August there have been unprecedented protests in Belarus over the presidential elections, of which Lukashenko has been declared the winner since 1994. The opposition and Western democracies view those elections as rigged.
Many opposition leaders were arrested, others were forced to leave the country. The protesters are demanding the resignation of Lukashenko, the release of political prisoners and new elections. The Belarusian security forces brutally suppressed the protests, so the format of the demonstrations has changed: they have moved to the courtyards and take place in different parts of Minsk.
According to human rights defenders, more than 30,000 people have been detained since the demonstrations began. people, thousands more were beaten.
Western states have condemned the electoral process and the brutal repression of protests. The United States and the EU said the vote was neither fair nor free, and asked Lukashenko to sit down with the opposition. The autocratic president rejected such demand and instead announced the start of constitutional reform. He also submitted suggestions to quit when this transformation is complete.
It is not allowed to publish, quote or reproduce the information of the BNS news agency in the media and on websites without the written consent of the UAB “BNS”.
[ad_2]
