Belarusians are tired of President Alexander Lukashenko due to the fact that the government gives society to exist. This explanation was given by a member of the Federation Council, Chairman of the parliamentary Assembly Committee on economic policy of the Union of Russia and Belarus Sergey Kalashnikov, the radio station “Moscow Says”.
The Senator said that the Belarusians are tired of the current President, not because he was “bad and does not provide a decent standard of living”. Kalashnikov added that Lukashenka is taking a lot of economically literate steps.
He compared the situation in Belarus with the marsh fire, which throws the wood to the West. According to him, shooting with live ammunition put a barrier between the President and citizens of the country. The Senator also expressed concern over the relations between Minsk and Moscow in case you come to power “anti-Russian forces”.
Earlier it was reported that several Belarusian enterprises went on strike. Among them workers of BelAZ announced part of workers of the Minsk electrotechnical plant named V. I. Kozlov (Metz), as well as employees Zhabinka sugar factory, the Minsk margarine plant of the Institute of chemistry of new materials
Protests in Belarus last fifth day, they began after the announcement of the official results of the presidential elections, according to which Lukashenko won over 80 percent of the vote. Protesters dispersed with rubber bullets, batons, water cannons, tear gas, stun grenades. The protesters used fireworks, paving stones and Molotov cocktails.
According to Lukashenka, the opposition plans to organize a revolution. With the start of the protests were detained about seven thousand people, the Minsk detention center was overcrowded. Detainees are transported from the capital to Zhodzina — there is a remand prison.
