President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko commented on statements that the amnesty and pardon in the country are a “political trade with the West.”
“Amnesty and pardon are not the subject of bargaining for the Belarusian authorities. I do not bargain people. Therefore, there is no and cannot be. You can go to some compromise, we have to go. This is our society, sooner or later they will come out anyway, ”Lukashenko told Belarusian journalists.
At the same time, the leader of the country emphasized that “there should not be forgiveness for these criminals.” After all, there were people who were really lost. Some so: probably, the authorities will not be held, and I will go (for protests). The one who should sit will sit, ”he said.