{"id":123553,"date":"2025-01-26T21:19:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T18:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/123553\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lukasenka-says-new-term-is-not-going-to-be-his-last-one","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/123553\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka says new term is not going to be his last one"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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January 26, <\/strong>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Asked at a news conference in Minsk on January 26 if he was planning to serve his last term as the head of state, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka said, \u201cNo. I am not going to die.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is likely to be announced as the winner in Belarus\u2019 presidential election held today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka, who has governed Belarus since 1994, claimed that he will not hold on to power if he sees \u201cmen who will lead the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus\u2019 seventh presidential election took place on January 21-26 in a purged political landscape amid a new crackdown on regime critics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The five presidential bidders were \u0141uka\u0161enka, his supporters Aleh Hajdukievi\u010d, Alaksandar Chi\u017eniak, Siarhiej Syranko\u016d as well as former MP Hanna 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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