'My Inner Voice Tells': When Will Changes Come To Belarus?
14- 1.11.2023, 11:11
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"Lame duck's" time is running out.
Leanid Sudalenka is one of the most famous Belarusian human rights activists, laureate of the Charter-97 Prize and the French Liberty-Equality-Brotherhood Prize. In 2017, He was actively advocating for Belarusians who fell under Decree No. 3 [the so-called decree "against social parasites" - Ed.], and they started to call him “the lawyer of parasites”.
The regime threw the human rights activist behind bars in 2020.
How do prisoners feel about Lukashenka? When will there be changes in Belarus? How to go through the dungeons, not break down and continue to become human? The lawyer spoke about this in an interview at the Studio X-97 show by Charter97.org. Host: Yevhen Klimakin.
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– I was preparing for our interview and watching you at the Zhyzn Malina (“Raspberry Life”) YouTube show. You said there that Lukashenka is close to his end, that he would soon be over. I would like to ask you to develop this topic a bit. Why do you say this?
– I think that not only those people who endure repression are tired of him, but even those people who simply go to work and are silent, whom the authorities have not touched yet. But people, Belarusian society, have such fatigue.
I didn’t see smiles on people’s faces when I came to large. I walked around the city a lot, visited public places. The Belarusians have changed somehow, it seemed to me that some kind of depression was very strong. It was clear. Why are they sad? Why don't they enjoy life? Even in Lithuania, in other countries, people behave completely differently on the street.
The problem with Lukashenka is a problem for the whole society. Lukashenka has been in power for almost 30 years now, and now we are on the eve of a new “election campaign.” He will hold these crazy elections again. He will declare himself president again, but this is still Russia, as long as Putin is there. Today, the eggs are put in one basket, in the Kremlin. As long as Putin and Russia will help, including financial assistance.
My inner voice tells me that the situation will change dramatically in a year or two.
– I would like it to be a year, not two.
– The earlier the better. I would fly to Minsk today by plane if I saw that something had changed and nothing threatened my safety. But, unfortunately, although he is a “lame duck,” but he still stands on two legs.
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