Election officials in Belarus say the country’s longtime authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, has won his sixth consecutive presidential term.
When President Trump was criticized recently for not reacting quickly enough to incidents of anti-Semitism, his son-in-law Jared Kushner came to the president’s defense by telling the story of his own Jewish grandmother’s escape from Nazi occupation in the Soviet Union.
European officials urged Belarusian authorities Sunday to adhere to standards of democracy and respect civil rights. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius told the BNS news agency Monday that “it’s difficult to call this election transparent, democratic and free, regrettably.” Poland’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Monday morning saying that “the harsh reaction of the law enforcement forces, the use of force against peaceful protesters, and arbitrary arrests are unacceptable.”
, in the meantime, congratulated Lukashenko on his win Monday, and so did the president of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The results of the vote “indicate the popular support” of Lukashenko’s rule, Tokayev said.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a Facebook post Monday that it was “obvious that not everyone in the country agrees with the announced preliminary election results. And, as we know, any legitimacy arises solely from public trust.
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