Opposition politician: Łukašenka sacrificed Belarus’ independence to stay in power

August 25, Pozirk. Alaksandar Łukašenka and his officials are trying to place Belarus under foreign control and deprive Belarusians of the right to determine their own future, politician Pavieł Łatuška has said in a statement marking 35 years since the adoption of Belarus’ Declaration of Sovereignty.
The politician, who currently serves as deputy head of the opposition transition cabinet, described August 25, 1991, as a key date for the modern Belarusian statehood, noting that the majority of Belarusians “firmly aspire to live in a sovereign state.”
“Centuries of our ancestors’ struggle for independence have finally culminated in victory, and sovereign Belarus has taken its place on the map of Europe,” the cabinet’s press office quoted him as saying. “Belarusians have finally found a home of their own – a home where no one has the right to oppress us, dictate our path, impose foreign allies on us, or forbid us from speaking our native language.”
Łatuška called Alaksandar Łukašenka the “enemy of Belarus,” accusing him of sacrificing the country’s independence to stay in power. “Our main shared task is to prevent this crime against the people,” he stressed.
On August 25, 1991, the Declaration of Sovereignty adopted in 1990, was granted the force of law, making Belarus independent for the first time since the BNR, the short-lived state proclaimed in 1918.
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