The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Belarus registered today President Alexander Lukashenko as presidential candidate for the elections of next 26, thus performing a seventh term, according to the news agency Belarussian Belta.
In addition to Lukashenko, whose victory in the 2020 presidential elections was not recognized by the opposition or the West and triggered the largest protests in the country’s recent history and an unprecedented police repression, CEC registered four other candidates.
Among the registered is the businesswoman Anna Kanopatskaya, who opposes the approach with Russia and, in particular, to the state union of the two countries, as well as appealing to the departure of the post-Soviet military alliance of the organization of the collective security treaty and of the community of independent states.
Also the presidents of the Democratic Liberal Parties of Belarus (PLDB), Oleg Gaidukyevich, and Republican of Labor and Justice (ORTJ), Alexand Juzhniak, as well as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Belarus (PCB), Sergey Sirankov, will be able to participate in election campaign.
According to CEC, Lukashenko’s candidacy was supported by over 2.5 million voters, followed by Gaidukevich (134,472), Sirankov (125,577), Kanopatskaya (121,077) and Juzhniák (112,779).
Belarus, directed by Lukashenko since 1994, will hold its next presidential elections on January 26, 2025.
Belarusian leader septuagenarian, an ally close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, considers that he cannot “leave tomorrow” because it would be a betrayal of the country.
The opposition accuses Lukashenko of managing a police state, while Ukraine considers him an accomplice of Russian military intervention.
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