Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko secured a seventh consecutive term in office with an election widely condemned as fraudulent by the EU and opposition. Opponents were either imprisoned or exiled, and the official exit poll showed him winning 87.6% of the vote. Lukashenko defended the heavily-controlled election and his support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
MINSK, Belarus — Belarus autocrat Alexander Lukashenko , in power since 1994, won a seventh consecutive term in office Sunday in an election denounced by the European Union and the exiled opposition.With his opponents in prison or exiled, the 70-year-old ruler appeared to have won 87.6 percent of the vote, according to an official exit poll. Lukashenko has orchestrated a ruthless crackdown on opponents since huge protests against him in 2020.
In Warsaw, home to many exiled Belarusians, opposition leader Tikhanovskaya described Lukashenko as a 'criminal who has seized power.'Many people wore masks and some refused to speak to AFP, explaining they had relatives in Belarus and criticism could make trouble for them.'It's just a country with the illusion of choice,' 22-year-old student Aliaxandra said, adding that some of her compatriots had been living in fear 'for decades.
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