The one known as the last dictator of Europe, Alexandr Lukashenko, has been revalidated this Sunday for a new mandate in Belarus, with 87.60% of the votesaccording to the first official exit polls.
This is the seventh election in which Lukashenko is running, in a process that has been criticized by the European Union (EU) for considering that it has no “no legitimacy” and that they have been “simulated”. In this way, the Belarusian, who has been in power uninterruptedly since July 20, 1994, will be in power until 2030, after having defeated his four opponents.
The second most voted force has been I vote against all, with 5.1% of the votes, while the third was the communist party Sergei Sirankov, who supported Lukashenko’s reelection on more than one occasion, with 2.7% of the ballots, as highlighted by the Committee of Youth Organizations on public television.
A voter reads information about Belarus’ presidential candidates.
In the previous elections, held in 2020 and also described as a fraud, the Belarusian obtained 80.1% of the votes, compared to 10.1% for his opponent, Svetlana Tijanóvskaya, which, although it could not overthrow him, did achieve the flowering of several massive protests that the regime has severely punished throughout this time.
In fact, Tijanóvskaya herself, along with other exiled Belarusian opponents, They gathered this Sunday in a demonstration in Warsaw against the regime led by Lukashenko. “Together we are unstoppable. As Belarusians, we will not lose hope. We will claim our country and our return home stronger than ever,” he claimed during the protest.
The EU will continue to impose sanctions against its regime
Meanwhile, the European Union has announced that it will continue to impose sanctions against the Belarusian regime, known for his historic support of Russia. “The EU will continue to impose restrictive and selective measures against the regime, while financially supporting civil society, Belarusian democratic forces in exile and Belarusian culture,” they stressed.
