The European Union called the presidential elections in Belarus “false and not free or fair”.
In a joint statement of the EU Supreme EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of Kaya Kallas and a member of the European Commission on the extension of Martha Kos, it is stated that the elections in Belarus were “false”.
“Cruel and unprecedented repressions regarding human rights in Belarus, restrictions on political participation and access to independent media deprived of the electoral process of all legitimacy. The decision of the regime to invite the Bureau of Democratic Institutes and Human Rights only 10 days before the election prevented this independent Organizations to access the key stages of the electoral process.
The European Union also emphasized that the sanctions against the regime of Alexander Lukashenko will continue to act, and expressed support for the Belarusian people.
“Call the regime immediately and without conditions to free thousands of political prisoners, including an EU delegation employee who were arbitrarily detained,” the EU added.
Elections in Belarus
On Sunday, January 26, the presidential election was held in Belarus.
According to the CEC of the Republic, about 6.9 million Belarusian voters will be able to vote on 5,325 polling stations.
Voting ended at 20:00 local time.
The elections will be considered that are held if more than half of the voters included in the voting lists will take part in the vote.
According to the CEC, 41.81% of voters took part in early voting on January 21-25. The President will be considered elected if more than half of the citizens who participate in the vote vote for him.
The rivals of the current head of state Alexander Lukashenko are in the election are the chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party Oleg Gaidukevich, entrepreneur Anna Kanopatskaya, the first secretary of the Communist Party of the Communist Party Sergey Syrankov and the chairman of the Republican Party and Justice Alexander Khizhnyak.