Presidential elections in Belarus are scheduled for January 26, 2025. The governments of several Western countries have already announced that they will not recognize the results of these elections.
The Central Election Commission of Belarus has registered five candidates for the presidential elections. It was reported by Radio Liberty on Monday, December 23.
Thus, the current formal leader Alexander Lukashenko, Oleg Gaidukevich, Sergei Sirankov, Anna Kanapatskaya and Alexander Khizhnyak will fight for the position of head of state.
Elections in Belarus are held in conditions of political crisis, large-scale repression and, according to international organizations, are not free and undemocratic. There are no officially registered opposition parties or independent public organizations left in Belarus, the report said.
As you know, the presidential election in Belarus is scheduled for January 26, 2025. The governments of several Western countries have already announced that they will not recognize the results of these elections.
It was previously known that Belarusians abroad will be deprived of the right to vote in the presidential elections.
We remind you that on August 9, 2020, the main presidential election took place in Belarus. Lukashenko then seemed to win with 80.1% of the vote, but large-scale protests began immediately after the election.
Source: korrespondent
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