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When exactly that could be, he did not specify.
“It just came to our knowledge then. With the entry into force of the new Constitution, I will cease to be its president. Therefore, calm down and take everything calmly,” the BelTA agency told him.
Mr. Lukashenko added that he would not stand up “if someone starts cheating or later prepares elections under the new constitution.”
“Even if I know it won’t be what I want. Why? Because Belarusians have to survive what they have to survive. Better now, without war. If we are forced to go to war, it will be worse,” he said.
During a visit to one of the Minsk hospitals, Mr. Lukashenko also said that he was a supporter of the new constitution, not because he believed in democracy, but because he considered that the situation was threatened by someone else under the current basic laws.
“Such a constitution cannot be handed over to an unknown president. We will get into trouble,” Lukashenko said.
“Our Constitution is very serious. Kazakhstan, Russia, we are probably three advanced countries whose constitutions are so strict, where everything depends on the decision of the president. In that sense, knowing that, God forbid, a person can come and think about start a war and so… Yes, we need to adopt a new Constitution that benefits our country so that the country does not collapse, ”Lukashenko asserted.
“I will never allow anyone to manufacture a new Constitution, or then to manufacture elections under the new Constitution. Even if I know that it will not be what I want. Why? Because the Belarusian nation has to go through what it has to go through. It’s better now, without war, that if we were forced to do it, “said the Belarusian leader.
He also spoke about proposals to form parties and hold parliamentary elections on party lists. According to Lukashenko, this threatens the fragmentation of society and the emergence of various interest groups.
“Everything is fine when you see party lists and everything else. However, if you want it and people will vote for it, that’s how it will be,” he said.
Belarus has faced mass protests for the fourth month in a row since the August 9 presidential election, which Lukashenko has ruled the country since 1994.
The opposition and western democracies consider these elections to be rigged. The European Union is sanctioning more than 50 officials of the Minsk regime, including Mr. Lukashenko, for electoral fraud and violence against protesters.
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