{"id":121835,"date":"2025-01-15T14:38:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T11:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/121835\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"communist-syrankou-sure-of-lukasenkas-victory-critical-of-short-term-employment-contracts","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/121835\/","title":{"rendered":"Communist Syranko\u016d sure of \u0141uka\u0161enka’s victory, critical of short-term employment contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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January 15, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Presidential candidate Siarhiej Syranko\u016d used a significant part of his second radio address to praise Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, but also brought up a populist theme that might divert votes from Belarus\u2019 long-time ruler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The leader of the Communist Party of Belarus commended \u0141uka\u0161enka for blocking “privatization, shock therapy and destruction of social gains\u201d of the Soviet period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka, who has been in power since 1994, “did not sell off our enterprises to foreigners and did not give them away to oligarchs, he did not divide collective and state farms,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka’s \u201cwillpower and policy\u201d saved Belarus from the fate of the Baltic states and especially Ukraine, and his victory in the seventh presidential election is \u201cinevitable,\u201d Syranko\u016d admitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The candidate is hoping to come second in the race to \u201cbe more involved in political decision-making and influence the content\u201d of the next five-year plan. The runner-up must offer a program to ensure \u201cthe continuity and deepen reforms\u201d conducted by \u0141uka\u0161enka, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Syranko\u016d made one proposal that conflicts with the current government\u2019s policy and may appeal to many voters\u2014to replace one-year employment contracts with life employment to make it harder for employers to sack workers.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his address, Syranko\u016d appeared to criticize another contender, Aleh Hajdukievi\u010d of the pro-government Liberal Democratic Party, for being pictured with a gesture of contempt in his election posters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is critical of private and foreign banks, calling for a gradual nationalization of the banking sector. The politician also supported the idea of building a second nuclear power plant in southeastern Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another presidential hopeful, Hanna Kanapackaja, also addressed voters on the radio today, reading out her manifesto in Russian and Belarusian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus will hold its seventh presidential election from January 21 to 26, with the whole election cycle limited to just three months. The current campaign is taking place in a purged political landscape amid a new wave of crackdown on regime critics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The five bidders are \u0141uka\u0161enka, his supporters Syranko\u016d, Hajdukievi\u010d and Alaksandar Chi\u017eniak as well as Kanapackaja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The country has not held a single free and fair election since 1996 by the standards of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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