Lukashenko secretly inaugurated the President of Belarus

Even the members of the Belarusian government were unaware of the inauguration of Alexander Lukashenko. However, on Wednesday morning, just before the inauguration, residents of Minsk noticed that the military was closing the central streets and avenues of the city. It is announced that the inauguration ceremony took place at the Minsk Independence Palace, the official residence of the president.

According to the Belarusian Constitution, Mr. Lukashenko took the oath in Belarusian and signed the necessary document. Lidija Yermoshina, a member of the Central Election Commission, handed over the powers of the President.

According to Lukashenko, this year will go down in Belarusian history as a very emotional period.

“Our statehood has been challenged in an unprecedented way: the challenge of reliable technologies for the destruction of independent states that have been tried many times. Yet we have become one of the few, perhaps even the only one, [valstybe], where the “color revolution” did not work. And this is the choice of the Belarusians, who in no way want to lose the country. “” Unprecedented external pressure has only hardened us, made us more determined and relentless in the fight for our own; we don’t need a stranger, “he noted.

Faced with the worst crisis in 26 years, Lukashenko also said that the Belarusian nation had reached a new level of consciousness after allegedly “winning.”

The Belarusian authorities have not announced the date of the inauguration. By law, the new president must take office no later than two months after the official election results are announced.

This year, the deadline is October 9.

The opening ceremony was not broadcast on state channels (although such broadcast is required by law).

In Belarus on August 9. Presidential elections were held, the results of which are considered rigged. The winner was the long-term leader of Belarus, Lukashenko.

The Belarusian opposition intends to hold an indefinite protest after Lukashenko’s inauguration on Wednesday, which had not been announced in advance.

Germany, Slovakia, Denmark, the Czech Republic do not recognize Alexander Lukashenko as Belarusian president, representatives of these countries said on Wednesday. The three Baltic countries also refused to consider Lukashenko president.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda declared shortly after news of his inauguration in Minsk that Lithuania did not recognize Lukashenko as the legitimate leader of Belarus.