{"id":85476,"date":"2024-05-16T17:50:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T14:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85476\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-designates-coordination-council-candidates-as-extremists","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85476\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus designates Coordination Council candidates as extremists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

May 16, <\/strong>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Committee for State Security (KGB) has designated more than 120 candidates in next week\u2019s election for the opposition Coordination Council as members of extremist groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus\u2019 spy agency has made an all-out effort to disrupt the election for the opposition\u2019s proto-parliament scheduled for May 25-27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian leader on April 25 described his exiled opponents as \u201ctraitors and bandits who are planning to capture Belarusian territories,\u201d threatening to dispossess them of their property in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRemember that you are doing very serious harm to your relatives. Remember that you have some property here. I advise you to forget about this property. But do not put your relatives at risk, you know what this can lead to,\u201d Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make the poll as transparent as possible, the opposition made a principled decision to disclose the candidates\u2019 names despite threats from Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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