"The Belarus regime has turned elections into a farce—a mask to hide its crimes and cling to power against the people’s will.
"No election in Belarus has been deemed free or fair by international observers since 1994, and it’s highly unlikely that a presidential vote set to be held on January 26 will break the mould.
"Dictator Alexander Lukashenko will be re-elected for a seventh term in office with a huge majority—indeed, the only element of uncertainty is the size of the majority. In 2020, Lukashenko was declared the winner with an implausible 81 per cent of the vote, although another candidate, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, was widely believed to have won.
"Tikhanovskaya was subsequently forced into exile, in Lithuania. Her husband, Serghei Tikhanovsky, remains in prison in Belarus, along with around 1,300 other political prisoners, many arrested during widespread demonstrations that followed the 2020 election. "
https://emerging-europe.com/policy-note/in-belarus-a-presidential-election-in-name-only/
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