{"id":47219,"date":"2023-06-12T20:06:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T17:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/opposition-figure-calls-for-political-will-to-charge-lukasenka-and-cronies\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"opposition-figure-calls-for-political-will-to-charge-lukasenka-and-cronies","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47219\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition figure calls for political will to charge \u0141uka\u0161enka and cronies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>June 12, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> A Belarusian opposition figure has accused the West of lacking political will to hold Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s government accountable, citing low enthusiasm of Western ministers and prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p> Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka told an international conference in Vilnius that in the three years since the 2020 presidential election, not a single person has been put on a wanted list for the Belarus crackdown. According to him, killings, rape and torture are of a \u201cmass and systemic nature,\u201d but most Belarusians no longer believe that justice will prevail.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cA systemic and massive crime can never be stopped unless there is accountability,\u201d \u0141atu\u0161ka said. \u201cAs a politician, I address all authorized officials: use your political will, use law and statute.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> He said the most realistic way to hold the \u0141uka\u0161enka government accountable was by charging it with illegal deportation of Ukrainian children, although there were other options and mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p>Accountability would split the elites, and \u201can arrest warrant for \u0141uka\u0161enka can become a destabilizing factor for the whole political system of Belarus,\u201d \u0141atu\u0161ka argued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 12, BPN. A Belarusian opposition figure has accused the West of lacking political will to hold Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s government accountable, citing low enthusiasm of Western ministers and prosecutors. Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka told an international conference in Vilnius that in the three years since the 2020 presidential election, not a single person has been put on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-47219","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>Opposition figure calls for political will to charge \u0141uka\u0161enka and cronies | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 12, BPN. 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