{"id":69507,"date":"2024-02-25T21:41:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T18:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=69507"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"washington-condemns-sham-belarus-parliamentary-election","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/69507\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington condemns &#8220;sham&#8221; Belarus&#8217; parliamentary election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February 25, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The United States condemns the parliamentary and local elections in Belarus as a sham, Matthew Miller, spokesman for the US Department of State, has said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elections were held &#8220;in a climate of fear under which no electoral processes could be called democratic,&#8221; he noted. More than 1,400 people are held behind bars in Belarus in politically-motivated cases, while independent politicians and parties face reprisals, Miller said. Belarusians living abroad could vote only if they accepted the risk of returning to Minsk, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;These abuses have effectively frozen genuine political activities and discourse inside Belarus,&#8221; the statement reads. &#8220;The regime prevented the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe from observing the elections, further limiting the transparency that is essential to free and fair elections.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States &#8220;recognizes the strength, resilience, and courage of Belarus\u2019s civil society and democratic movement, which demand a voice in determining their country\u2019s future,&#8221; the official stressed. He urged Alaksandar Luka\u0161enka and his officials to stop reprisals, release all political prisoners, and open dialogue with the opposition. &#8220;The Belarusian people deserve better,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The elections for the House of Representatives and local councils took place amid mass-scale reprisals and a political landscape purge in Belarus. Not a single opposition candidate was allowed to run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The central election commission reported that 41.71 percent of registered voters cast ballots during the early voting, with the total voter turnout at 72.98 percent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 25, Pozirk. The United States condemns the parliamentary and local elections in Belarus as a sham, Matthew Miller, spokesman for the US Department of State, has said in a statement. Elections were held &#8220;in a climate of fear under which no electoral processes could be called democratic,&#8221; he noted. 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