Aleksandar Lukashenko is on a solid path to win the seventh five-year term as Belarusian president with 87.6% votes in the Sunday elections, according to the exit poll published by State Television.
Lukashenko, close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been in power since 1994. years.
The USA and the EU have warned the elections that they cannot be free because independent media are prohibited in Belarus, and all leading opposition persons are closed or forced to escape abroad.
The Election Commission said the response was 81.5 percent in the elections, on which 6.9 million people had the right to vote.
Lukashenko – 70-year-old former chief of the collective farm – he quelled mass protests against his rule 2020. And allowed Moscow to use the Belarus territory for the invasion of Ukraine 2022. Years.
All Ljukashenk’s political opponents are either in prison – some in isolation – or in exile along with dozens of thousands of Belarus who fled 2020. years.
-All our opponents and enemies should understand: Don’t hope, we’ll never happen again what we had in 2020, said Lukashenko at the Minsk of a carefully choreographed ceremony on Friday.
(Vijesti.ba / Fena)
