{"id":46825,"date":"2023-05-13T17:43:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T14:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/politician-calls-on-officials-to-side-with-democratic-forces-amid-lukasenka-absence\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"politician-calls-on-officials-to-side-with-democratic-forces-amid-lukasenka-absence","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46825\/","title":{"rendered":"Politician calls on officials to side with democratic forces amid \u0141uka\u0161enka absence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>May 13, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Opposition politician Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka has called on Belarusian patriots loyal to Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka \u201cto take the side of the people and democratic forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> In a video address to the nomenklatura, published on YouTube yesterday, \u0141atu\u0161ka said that \u0141uka\u0161enka was seriously ill. \u201cLet\u2019s say this time it will be possible to put him on his feet again. Let\u2019s say the disease recedes for a while,\u201d he said. \u201cBut what about next time?\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u0141atu\u0161ka, \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s former culture minister and diplomat, said the regime was monolithic only as long as it had the strongman, but the strongman has grown old. \u201cMaybe you pin your hopes on Putin? But he is 70, and he and \u0141uka\u0161enka are fighting a war that he\u2019s losing today,\u201d he&nbsp;added.<\/p>\n<p> \u0141atu\u0161ka has warned officials that after \u0141uka\u0161enka they may face chaos, economic stagnation and \u201cRussian masters\u201d eager to take over their office. <\/p>\n<p> \u0141uka\u0161enka attended the Victory Day parade at Moscow\u2019s Red Square on May 9. Footage circulated by the Russian media shows that his arm was bandaged. He struggled&nbsp;to move around. He was driven to a wreaths laying site, whereas the other Eurasian leaders arrived on foot, and skipped the \u201cinformal breakfast\u201d hosted by Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p> In the evening, \u0141uka\u0161enka participated in a wreaths laying ceremony at Victory Square in Minsk but stopped short of making a speech, which was unusual and occurred for the first time during his rule. Defense Minister Viktar Chrenin was the primary speaker. The ceremony, broadcast by state television, lasted just 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p> The Belarusian strongman has not&nbsp;made any public appearances since.<\/p>\n<p> \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, a&nbsp;presidential candidate who disputed the official results of&nbsp;the&nbsp;2020 election and protested against vote rigging, said a few days ago that she was&nbsp;ready to assume responsibility and be the voice of Belarusians \u201cin order to hold fair elections and prevent chaos or a power grab by a new dictator.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 13, BPN. Opposition politician Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka has called on Belarusian patriots loyal to Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka \u201cto take the side of the people and democratic forces.\u201d In a video address to the nomenklatura, published on YouTube yesterday, \u0141atu\u0161ka said that \u0141uka\u0161enka was seriously ill. \u201cLet\u2019s say this time it will be possible to put him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-46825","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Politician calls on officials to side with democratic forces amid \u0141uka\u0161enka absence | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 13, BPN. 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