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According to exit polls, Alexander Lukashenko has allegedly secured 87.6% of the votes in Belarus’ presidential election.
The reported results for other candidates:
🔹Oleg Gaidukevich – 1.8%
🔹Anna Kanopatskaya – 1.6%
🔹Sergey Sirankov – 2.7%
🔹Alexander Khizhnyak – 1.2%
Additionally, 5.1% of voters reportedly chose the “against all” option.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that Belarus lacks the basic conditions for transparent and fair elections, and therefore, Kyiv will not recognize Lukashenko as president.
The EU and the international community also refuse to consider him legitimate. The European Parliament has passed a resolution condemning the “sham presidential election” in Belarus.
Earlier, the European Commission stated that Lukashenko’s “elections” were fraudulent and lacked legitimacy.
The decision of Lukashenko’s regime to invite ODIHR/OSCE observers only 10 days before the elections deprived this independent body of access to key stages of the electoral process. “This is yet another proof of the complete lack of trust in these elections,” said Kallas and Kos.
“Once Belarus embarks on the path of democratic transformation, the EU is ready to support the country in stabilizing its economy and reforming its institutions,” the statement said.
The leader of the Belarusian opposition, Tsikhanouskaya, believes that Ukraine’s victory in the war could be one of the windows of opportunity for a change of power in Belarus.
Additionally, a regime change could be linked to Lukashenko’s health.
“It’s not worth relying on this, but it could happen, or there could be some other ‘black swan’ event that appears unexpectedly,” she added.
According to Tsikhanouskaya, the task of democratic forces and Belarusians themselves is to be prepared for this moment.
