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Belarusian Tsikhanouskaya says she is ready to lead nation

  • 17 Aug 2020
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Protesters demand President Alexander Lukashenko to resign on Monday in Minsk, Belarus. AP

Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said on Monday she was ready to lead Belarus and called for the creation of a legal framework to ensure a new fair election could be held.

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Speaking in a video address from Lithuania, she also urged security and law enforcement officers to switch sides from President Alexander Lukashenko's government, saying their past behaviour would be forgiven if they did so now.

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Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya addresses the nation in Lithuania. Reuters

Belarusians chanting "Step down!" filled the centre of the capital Minsk on Sunday in the biggest protest so far against what they said was the fraudulent re-election a week ago of longtime president Lukashenko.

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