Belarus President: Alexander Lakashnco, who is close to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and famous as the last dictator of Europe, has again sworn in as the President on Tuesday (March 25). Alexander Lakashenko has sworn in as the President of Belarus for the seventh time. After taking oath of presidency, Alexander Lakashnco made fun of the people calling themselves dictators, especially Western countries. He said, “Belarus has more democracy than those countries, which themselves consider its model.”
Lakashnco completed three decades in power
Belarus President Alexander Luakshhenko has completed his three decades in power last and called the election held on 26 January a befitting spectacle for his political opponents. At the same time, the Election Commission of Belarus announced that Lakhakhenko has won the election with about 87 percent of the votes. Let me tell you that in the presidential election, four perverse candidates were standing in front of him, who were considered to be a loyal person of Lakashnco and who has also praised Lakhakhenko’s rule in the country.
Watch: Alexander Lukashenko, A Close Ally of Russia’s Vladimir Putin, was sworn in as president of belarus for the next time pic.twitter.com/jqbfgy0gmz
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Protests against Lakashenko in 2020
In 2020, when Alexander Lakashnco won the presidential election, about 90 lakh people staged a widespread protest for several months, but it was brutally suppressed. At the same time, the President has put all the leaders of the opposition in jail or they are living in exile abroad.
More than 65 thousand people were arrested after the protest. Police beat thousands of people. Apart from this, independent media outlets and NGOs were also closed and even the ban was imposed. At the same time, after this step, Luxhanko was criticized by Western countries and had imposed many restrictions on Belarus.
Thousands of supporters were present in Lakhakhenko’s swearing in
Thousands of Alexander Luakshhenko supporters were present during the swearing -in ceremony on Tuesday (25 March). During this time, the President condemned his critics as foreign slaves.
