PARIS (AFP) - Protesters in Belarus have shaken President Alexander Lukashenko with a movement unprecedented for the ex-Soviet state in its depth and diversity, but must gird for a long struggle if they are to realise their ambitions.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PARIS - Protesters in Belarus have shaken President Alexander Lukashenko with a movement unprecedented for the ex-Soviet state in its depth and diversity, but must gird for a long struggle if they are to realise their ambitions.
Now comes the hard part, as Belarusians seek to oust Mr Lukashenko after 26 years in power, force fair new elections and a democratic future for the country of 9.5 million wedged between the European Union and Russia. "The protest is broadly represented at every social layer," she told AFP, adding people who were never politicised were also backing the movement.
But they are set to be tested as Mr Lukashenko refuses to budge, with state media showing a clip of him brandishing a rifle and his 15-year-old son Kolya in a flak jacket as opponents mobilised at the weekend. "I think the only one realistic goal is to perhaps force the authorities to refrain from excessive violence and torture we witnessed" in the aftermath of the election, added Ms Glod.Key figures in the protest movement, including Nobel Prize-winning author Svetlana Alexievich, have formed a coordinating council in a bid for a peaceful transition.
'LESSON FOR DICTATORS' A giant protest in Minsk at the weekend showed that Mr Lukashenko's opponents can still muster the numbers. Ms Tikhanovskaya told the EU Parliament on Tuesday a"peaceful revolution" was in progress.
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