Reuters: Belarus opposition sets up council; Lukashenko decries 'attempt to seize power'
MINSK (Reuters) - The nascent political opposition in Belarus set up a council inside the country on Tuesday, a move President Alexander Lukashenko denounced as an attempt to seize power 10 days after an election that has triggered mass demonstrations.
Many of Belarus’s major opposition figures are either in jail or in exile, including presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who fled the country after the vote her supporters say she won.
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets, braving a crackdown by the authorities, to demand Lukashenko resign.
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Unrest In Belarus -- News Updates August 18, 2020
Belarus unrest: President Lukashenko accuses opposition of staging coup -- BBC
Belarus president hints at fresh repression to keep grip on power -- The Guardian
Belarus Leader Rejects Compromise and Pours Scorn on Opposition -- NYT
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko booed off stage by workers as he dares opponents to kill him -- ABC News Online
Belarus’s Lukashenko says creation of opposition’s Coordination Council ‘coup attempt’ -- TASS
More state-controlled firms join strike against Belarus president -- Al Jazeera
People gathering for more protests in downtown Minsk -- TASS
Demonstrations held outside prison in Belarus where husband of opposition leader is held -- France 24
Belarusian opposition plans to complete formation of coordination council on Tuesday -- TASS
Strike delayed at major Belarus tractor factory after workers threatened with dismissal -- Euronews
Exclusive: Lukashenko regime 'clearly' at an end in Belarus, says Schäuble -- DW
As EU talks sanctions, Putin warns Merkel & Macron foreign interference in Belarus’ affairs is ‘unacceptable’ & could backfire -- RT
Belarus: Fractures form in diplomatic elite -- DW
2 comments:
So if he resigns, where does this Lukashenko flee to? UAE, like the Spanish crook?
/or maybe he'll have himself a Merry Little (Romania, 1989) Christmas.
FUSILLADING,
R,
The media is so unsatisfactory in how they describe this crisis:
1) They assert the opposition claims the recent election was fraudulent but they offer no proof or theory supporting that assertion beyond the opposition's belief.
2) They report that France and German have demands of Lukashenko and his behavior however they do not state how these two foreign nations have the right to meddle in the affairs of a sovereign nation. As an example, France and Germany do not make demands of Communist China, who is 1000 times worse than Lukashenko.
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