Belarus Vote Challenger Tikhanovskaya Says Ready to Be 'National Leader'

[Rogue Valley]

Belarus Vote Challenger Tikhanovskaya Says Ready to Be 'National Leader'

The people are driving the movement that could force out longtime leader Lukashenko.

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.

8/17/20
The main challenger in Belarus's disputed presidential election said Monday that she was ready to take over the country's leadership after a wave of protests against President Alexander Lukashenko. "I did not want to be a politician. But fate decreed that I'd find myself on the frontline of a confrontation against arbitrary rule and injustice," Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said in a new video from exile in Lithuania. "I am ready to take responsibility and act as a national leader during this period." The video was released after tens of thousands took to the streets of Minsk on Sunday for the biggest demonstration yet in the protests against Lukashenko's claim to have won the Aug. 9 election with 80% of the vote. Tikhanovskaya, a 37-year-old political novice who ran after other potential candidates including her husband were jailed, accuses Lukahsenko of rigging the election and has called for a new vote.

Since leaving for neighboring Lithuania last week, under pressure from the government according to her allies, she has been calling for demonstrations and justice for a brutal police crackdown on protesters. She has also demanded Lukashenko step down, but it was unclear if she was willing to take on the post of president. In Monday's video she said she would do so "in order for the country to calm down... so that we release all political prisoners and as soon as possible prepare the legal framework and conditions for organizing new presidential elections."

Belarussian - Sviatlana Heorhiyeuna Tikhanovskaya - Святла́на Гео́ргіеўна Ціхано́ўская - Teek/hanov/sky/ya

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[Rexedgar]

Trump finds himself without a voice on this situation, up to now.

 

[OrphanSlug]

Never going to happen, Putin has made his mark in Belarus and has no intentions to slow down now.

 

[Jetboogieman]

But is Putin ready for her to be a national leader?

Probably pay not.

Oh and why is Trump and his administration virtually silent on this?

 

[Rogue Valley]

But is Putin ready for her to be a national leader?

Putin would be very happy with a severely weakened Lukashenka. For his part, Lukashenka would rather be a Putin puppet than a deposed dictator.

Oh and why is Trump and his administration virtually silent on this?

Apparently, Trump has not received his marching orders from the Kremlin yet.

We already know that Trump admires dictators.

 

[Ringo Stalin]

Latvia is not able to recognize Tikhanovskaya as the winner of the election in Belarus, because "their actual results are unknown". This was stated by the foreign Minister.

But apparently, he knows the exact results of the elections in Venezuela, since Latvia recognized Guaido as the President of this country.

 

[Unitedwestand13]

Putin would be very happy with a severely weakened Lukashenka. For his part, Lukashenka would rather be a Putin puppet than a deposed dictator.



Apparently, Trump has not received his marching orders from the Kremlin yet.

We already know that Trump admires dictators.

May Lukahsenko suffer the same fate as viktor yanukovich

 

[Rogue Valley]

May Lukahsenko suffer the same fate as viktor yanukovich

He may very well wind up in Russia.