Belarus President Lukashenko slams opposition for attempting to seize power

On August 18, Belarusian leer Alexander Lukashenko accused that opposition’s coordination council formation as an “attempt to seize power” and warned of counter-measures in response. His statements came after a flood of protesting mob rallied outside detention center in Minsk where husband of Belarus's main opposition leer, Sergei Tikhavsky, was detained. In a meeting with his security council, authoritarian leer said that y demanded “thing more” and “thing less” but transfer of power, according to state-run news ncy reports. 

Warning opposition parties of “equate” actions to “cool those hos”, Belarusian leer said at council meeting that opposition aimed for transition of power as members of opposition council “nationalists" held power ‘once upon a time’. Furr, he warned that NATO nations of bolstering military forces on border with Belarus—a claim alliance didn’t approve, according to a report. However, leer appreciated his military's initiative of combat reiness and conducting military drills from August 17.

Lukashenko said, we have reacted, deployed and brought to combat reiness combat units of our Army at western borders of our country, as per news ncy report.

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[Sviatlana Tsikhauskaya, candidate for presidential elections greets people waving old Belarus flags during a meeting to show her support , in Brest, 326 km (203,7 miles) southwest of Minsk, Belarus. Credit: AP]

As many as 20,000 demonstrators engulfed central Independence Square with historic white-red-white Belarusian flags, placards, shouting slogans, as y encountered soldiers in riot gears and ammunitions guarding nearby government hequarters, last week. Women were seen forming human chains as security forces arrested demonstrators opposing  autocratic President, who won with whopping 80 per cent majority in polls despite public rebuke. In a brutal police crackdown, at least 7000 protesters were arrested and taken to a detention center where y were subjected to torture, reports confirmed. Citing those marches, a supporter of opposition leer Sviatlana Tsikhauskaya was quoted saying, “You can look and see how many people are here in anti-government and understand that president didn't get 80% of vote.”

[Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko dresses his supporters gared at Independent Square of Minsk, Belarus. Credit: AP]

[Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, center, speaks to an employee of Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant in Minsk, Belarus. Credit: AP]

Don't stay 'on side-lines'

Exiled Belarusian opposition leer Svetlana Tikhavskaya urged citizens t to "stay on side-lines” and come out on streets and protest. Self-exiled leer, Tikhavskaya, called for demonstrations in “every corner of country”. Moreover, she anunced formation of a council to ensure that Lukashenko’s ministration was dismissed and “rule of law” prevailed across Belarus, as per reports.

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(With ncy Inputs) (Im Credit: AP)