Belarus. Swiat³ana Cichanouska will not run in a possible new presidential election | World news

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The silhouette of Swiatłana Cichanouska

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Svetlana Cichanouska, after the elections which, according to the Belarusian Central Election Commission, won – for the sixth time in a row – Alyaksandr Lukashenka, left the country for neighboring Lithuania. For now, she doesn’t feel safe enough to come back.

Belarus. Swiatłana Cichanouska about new choices

In the latest interview for Belsat, Cichanouska was asked by a station’s journalist whether she would take part in the elections if the election is repeated. “I do not plan” – replied the oppositionist. Earlier this week, she announced her willingness to rule temporarily Belarus and called for the creation of a legal basis for the rerun of the presidential elections of 9 August.

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A former teacher, and recently a mother dealing with raising children at home, she had no experience in politics, which she repeatedly said. She decided to run as a candidate for her husband, who had been arrested. In her election program she promised, among other things, that if she won, she would order a new vote after six months.

Alyaksandr Lukashenka won the elections, and the EU does not recognize this result

According to official data, in the recent presidential elections in Belarus Alyaksandr Lukashenka he collected about 80 percent of the votes, and Swiatłana Cichanouska won over 10 percent. Many Belarusians believe that the results have been falsified. The European Union also takes the position that the elections in Belarus were neither fair nor conducted in accordance with democratic standards. The community also condemned the violence with which Alexander Lukashenka initially suppressed protests against him.

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The European Council also agreed on the imposition of sanctions on those responsible for electoral fraud and violence against protesters in Belarus. At the same time, financial aid was announced for the repressed people and their families.

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