{"id":113496,"date":"2024-11-12T20:09:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T17:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/113496\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"general-bobrykau-camadanava-pull-out-of-presidential-race","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/113496\/","title":{"rendered":"General Bobryka\u016d, \u010camadanava pull out of presidential race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 12,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Retired General Siarhiej Bobryka\u016d, chairman of the Belarusian Union of Officers, has dropped his presidential bid, state media reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He described his decision as difficult and serious, stressing the need for officers to rally round Commander in Chief Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The general\u2019s announcement was followed by the withdrawal of Volha \u010camadanava, Minsk\u2019s ideology chief, <em>Pier\u0161y Infamacyjny<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The remaining five presidential bidders include \u0141uka\u0161enka supporters Aleh Hajdukievi\u010d, Alaksandar Chi\u017eniak, Siarhiej Syranko\u016d as well as former MP Hanna Kanapackaja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Candidates must garner at least 100,000 voter signatures by December 6 to qualify for the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian opposition dismissed the election as a sham, noting that political reprisals prevent pro-democracy candidates from running and voters from freely expressing their will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/lukashenko_putin_kremlin_ru-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/lukashenko_putin_kremlin_ru-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/lukashenko_putin_kremlin_ru-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/lukashenko_putin_kremlin_ru-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/lukashenko_putin_kremlin_ru-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/lukashenko_putin_kremlin_ru.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u0412\u044b\u0431\u043e\u0440\u044b<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u0412\u044b\u0431\u043e\u0440\u044b, \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Putin wishes Belarusians a \u201csmooth\u201d presidential election<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 5, Pozirk. Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised the development of \u201cfraternal Russian-Belarusian relations\u201d as he accepted credentials from the Belarusian Ambassador Alaksandar Raho\u017enik at the Kremlin. \u201cI take this opportunity to wish my Belarusian friends a smooth presidential &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/112641\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 12,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Retired General Siarhiej Bobryka\u016d, chairman of the Belarusian Union of Officers, has dropped his presidential bid, state media reported. He described his decision as difficult and serious, stressing the need for officers to rally round Commander in Chief Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka. The general\u2019s announcement was followed by the withdrawal of Volha \u010camadanava, Minsk\u2019s ideology chief, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[36,14],"class_list":["post-113496","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-elections","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>General Bobryka\u016d, \u010camadanava pull out of presidential race | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 12,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Retired General Siarhiej Bobryka\u016d, chairman of the Belarusian Union of Officers, has dropped his presidential bid, state\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/113496\/\" \/>\n<meta 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