Election officials say Lukashenko received 86.8 percent of the vote between the allegations that the vote was neither free nor fair.
According to the country’s electoral agency, long -time Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko has been declared the winner of the controversial presidential election, which, according to the country’s electoral agency, has achieved the seventh straight period.
According to preliminary results published by the Central Election Commission on Monday, Lukashenko, whose four opponents were loyal to him on the belt and praised his 30 -year rule, won 86.8 percent.
“You can congratulate the Republic of Belarus, we have chosen a president,” said Egor Carpenko, the head of the commission.
Election officials said turnout in Sunday’s vote was 85.7 percent, with about 6.9 million people eligible to vote.
Belarus leader has won every presidential election since 1994, his opponents, Western governments and rights groups rejected as “shame”.
‘To convince victory’
But Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Lukashenko, saying that the elections show that he has the “undoubtedly” backing of people.
According to a Kremlin statement, “Your conviction in the elections clearly testifies to your high political authority and the population support for the state policy of Belarus.”
“You are always a happy and dear guest on the Russian soil. As agreed, I look forward to seeing you in Moscow soon.
The war in Ukraine has tied Lukashenko more firmly to Putin than ever before, and Russian tactical nuclear weapons have now been deployed to Belarus.
According to Beijing state media, Chinese leader Shi Jinping also congratulated Lukashenko.
“Xi Jinping sent Lukashenko a congratulatory message about the re -election as the president of Belarus,” the state news agency Sinhava said.
‘No Own’
Other politicians, especially in Europe, said that the vote was neither free nor fair because free media was banned in the country and all the leading personalities of the opposition were either jailed or abroad. Was forced to acquire.
“The people of Belarus had no choice. This is a bitter day for all those who want freedom and democracy, “German Foreign Minister Anlena Berbak posted on the X.
“More than 1,200 people in Belarus are imprisoned innocent just because they dared to speak.”
The country’s last presidential election in 2020 ends with a nationwide protest, which is unprecedented in the country’s history of nine million people. Opposition and Western countries accused Lukashenko of election fraud and imposed sanctions.
In response, his government started a tremendous crackdown, in which more than a thousand people, including the founder of the Wesna Human Rights Center, were imprisoned, including Nobel Peace Prize -winning Alice Baleski.
When asked about sending his opponents to jail, Lukashenko told a news conference on Sunday that he had chosen his fate.
“Some chose a prison, some chose exile, as you say. We didn’t get anyone out of the country,” he told a Robbling News Conference that lasted for more than four hours.
Exiled Opposition Leader Sivetlana Tuskhanoskaya engineered his re -election as part of the “ritual for dictators” by Reuters news agency Lakshino.
