{"id":47313,"date":"2023-06-19T14:28:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T11:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/lukasenka-to-invite-election-observers-on-his-terms\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"lukasenka-to-invite-election-observers-on-his-terms","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/47313\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka to invite election observers on his terms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>June 19, <span>BPN<\/span>. <\/b>Observers will be invited to the 2024 parliamentary and local elections in Belarus when &#8220;necessary and appropriate,&#8221; \u0141uka\u0161enka has told Ihar Karpienka, chair of the central election commission.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t &#8220;The bodies that invite observers are defined by law. We have nothing to hide,&#8221; \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s press office quoted him as saying.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Belarus will ensure honest elections and invite observers to avoid accusations of holding elections &#8220;like in America,&#8221; he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t &#8220;They shoot people [in the United States] after the election, hold elections by mail, and so on. Even today you can see a lot of falsifications,&#8221; the Belarusian ruler said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Some 80 percent of voters clearly support the Belarusian authorities now, he claimed. &#8220;What do we have to be afraid of?&#8221; he said. &#8220;We&#8217;ll fight for the 20 percent that hesitate or oppose [the authorities]. That&#8217;s what I say as president.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Both parliamentary and local elections are scheduled for February 25, 2024. The All-Belarusian People&#8217;s Assembly is expected to convene within 60 days after the voting.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Since 1996, independent internal observers and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe monitors have not recognized a single election in Belarus as free and fair. Allegations of vote rigging sparked mass anti-government protests in Belarus after&nbsp;\u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s disputed victory in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 19, BPN. Observers will be invited to the 2024 parliamentary and local elections in Belarus when &#8220;necessary and appropriate,&#8221; \u0141uka\u0161enka has told Ihar Karpienka, chair of the central election commission. &#8220;The bodies that invite observers are defined by law. We have nothing to hide,&#8221; \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s press office quoted him as saying. 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