‘Living A Lie Is Certainly Not Healthy’

Why are Lukashists consigned to oblivion after death?

Two accomplices of the Lukashenka regime died in a fairly short time: Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makei and propagandist Mikalai Shchekin. However, official propaganda reacted poorly to the death of the faithful servants of the system. Why are Lukashists buried in oblivion after death?

The Charter97.org website spoke on this topic with Anatol Kotau, a former employee of Lukashenka's administration.

– Let's just say that the "cogs" become useless after they stop spinning in the system. And in general, in Belarus there is only one “politician”, “historian” and “economist”. Therefore, no one will remember even non-ordinary employees of the system after their death.

– Talking without conspiracy theories, why do fairly young representatives of the regime, who have no obvious health problems, die?

– I think it's about nervous tension. But this is their choice: to live and work in a system that does spare and appreciates neither their own people nor others. I'm not saying it with regret for the people who stayed and continue to work there, but the atmosphere was not the healthiest until 2020, and then it got even worse.

The dictator demands a result, regardless of the fact that it is virtually impossible to achieve it. Almost nothing depends on the ministers and their subordinates. They are to perform mutually exclusive assignments, which, moreover, cannot be completed with the tools that they have.

When there is no dialogue with society, no feedback, and when everyone is forced to work only under pressure, it is not surprising that sooner or later nerves and health are getting worse. You understand that you are not able to do anything, but you need to write on a piece of paper that “everything is fine” and draw promising numbers. Life in constant stress, an expectation of punishment, punitive reprimand or arrest, and constant lies, is certainly not healthy.

– Does Lukashenka have anyone to replace these people?

– He can replace them, it's not a big problem. He can appoint, for example, a military man, realizing that this is a “cog” in the system. Another thing is that the resource is limited. It's like a car: there are original spare parts, but there are cheap analogues. The state system is about the same.

There were two “cogs” that were reliable for the system, but it is necessary to replace them now with someone, most likely of lower quality. It's bad for the system. Replacements for low-quality analogues sooner or later lead to the fact that the system simply falls apart when all the parts become of poor quality.

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