MINSK (REUTERS) - Two leading members of a newly formed opposition council in Belarus were questioned on Friday (Aug 21) in a criminal case that accuses the body of trying to seize power from President Alexander Lukashenko after a disputed election.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MINSK - Two leading members of a newly formed opposition council in Belarus were questioned on Friday in a criminal case that accuses the body of trying to seize power from President Alexander Lukashenko after a disputed election.
Mr Lukashenko, in power for 26 years, was declared the winner of an Aug 9 presidential election, but tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets saying the election is rigged. Mr Vadim Devyatovsky, an Olympic silver medalist previously prominent as a Lukashenko supporter, wrote on Facebook that Mr Lukashenko was"not my president". His previous position was"treason to myself" and having switched sides"everything has become lighter", he said.
Prosecutors opened a criminal case on Thursday alleging that the Coordinating Committee was set up as an illegal attempt to seize power. The committee, made up of dozens of public figures including a Nobel Prize-winning author and the ousted head of the country's main drama theatre, says its aims are peaceful and its tactics lawful.
The European Union, which has rejected Mr Lukashenko's re-election, called for the case to be dropped. It is also a challenge for the West. The country's borders with Poland, Lithuania and Latvia are Nato frontiers and eastern European states have spoken in support of the opposition.
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