{"id":45463,"date":"2023-01-24T19:22:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T16:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/lukasenka-commends-security-forces-calls-on-officials-to-let-those-who-fled-return\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"lukasenka-commends-security-forces-calls-on-officials-to-let-those-who-fled-return","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45463\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka commends security forces, calls on officials to let those who fled return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>January 24, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> At his January 24&nbsp;meeting with senior officials in Minsk, Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka seemingly tried to balance security forces\u2019 interests with technocrats\u2019 apparent&nbsp;urge to address the brain drain issue.<\/p>\n<p> He invited officials to discuss the fate of Belarusian emigrants who are \u201cafraid to go back or who ask me for a pardon,\u201d his press office quoted him as saying. \u201cI feel that a section of our society has a demand for this.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> \u201cThose who are willing to live in peace, to create for the good of their country, should not be rejected by society .&nbsp;. . We should make a step to meet them halfway,&nbsp;those who stumbled but have changed their mind, not to shut our door on&nbsp;them,\u201d he continued. He indicated that the door should&nbsp;be open only to \u201cthose who come back from prisons or abroad to be&nbsp;even bigger \u2018jaba\u0107kas\u2019 [a derogatory word for&nbsp;\u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s stalwarts] than those surrounding us today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u0141uka\u0161enka also paid tribute to security forces. He said they played an important role in suppressing the 2020 protests: \u201cThe opinion of my guys serving&nbsp;in special units today is very important to me. The military men who we brought in to restore order. The internal troops who stood their ground to death. Of course, I respect them immeasurably, I commend them and I take their opinion into account.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that both military and civil servants must&nbsp;be tough in defending the country and&nbsp;rule of law, but should&nbsp;prioritize state interests over personal grudges and&nbsp;make&nbsp;concessions, if&nbsp;necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 24, BPN. At his January 24&nbsp;meeting with senior officials in Minsk, Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka seemingly tried to balance security forces\u2019 interests with technocrats\u2019 apparent&nbsp;urge to address the brain drain issue. He invited officials to discuss the fate of Belarusian emigrants who are \u201cafraid to go back or who ask me for a pardon,\u201d his press [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45463","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>\u0141uka\u0161enka commends security forces, calls on officials to let those who fled return | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 24, BPN. 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