On January 26, promotions are held in Warsaw and Vilnius against the presidential election in Belarus. On the march in Warsaw, a 250-meter white-red-white flag was deployed.
The leader of the Belarusian opposition in the exile of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya joined the protesters. People chant “living Belarus”, “We believe, we can, we will win!” And “Freedom is political prisoners!” Writes “Present time”.
In the center of Vilnius, several tents were installed, where Belarusians with white-red-white and Lithuanian flags come. Activists brought Schroeder (an office device for the destruction of papers) and handed out to people the image of Lukashenko in the form of a cockroach chopped in a shredder.
In Belarus, the dictator Alexander Lukashenko held a press conference against the backdrop of voting during such elected president. Answering the question, he said that “completely purple” recognize the EU election or not. Earlier, the European Parliament urged the EU countries not to recognize the elections in Belarus, calling them fictitious.
BBC News journalist Steve Rosenberg asked Lukashenko as elections in which he has no rivals can be considered democratic if his political opponents are either in prison or in exile.
Steve, some in prison, some in exile, and you are here. This is the right to choose. This is democratic. Someone chose a prison, someone exile, as you say. We did not drive anyone out of the country. Moreover, we opened the country. We are not vindictive people, we are not harmful, ”Lukashenko answered.
In addition, he assured that “he did not want to go to the polls, but he was persuaded by the chairman of the Council of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalia Kochanova.”
As much as possible, I am 30 years (in power). Purely outside, it’s somehow indecent, I am not at ease anymore that I have no one, ”said Lukashenko.
In the morning, Lukashenko brought with him to the polling station of his spitz Umku, although this is forbidden by the law adopted by him, and he thundered the wall. After that, television recklessly showed the list of voters: only two people voted.
Lukashenko said that there would be no dialogue with the opposition, and urged Europe to “agree with Russia.” At the same time, he noted that he “spit” to the west.
You recognize there in the European Union, you do not recognize these elections – this is a matter of taste. This is the main thing, ”said Lukashenko.
The dictator Lukashenko has been the post of President of Belarus since 1994, he has been applying for the seventh presidential term in a row. At the same time, there were no officially registered opposition parties and independent organizations in the country.
Source: Racurs
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