Self-proclaimed president of Belarus: God forbid woman is elected president in Belarus
Pravda Ukraine
Alexander Lukashenko, the self-proclaimed president of Belarus, has said that a woman cannot be the president of the Republic of Belarus.
Source: Belarusian state news agency BelTA, citing Alexander Lukashenko
Quote from Lukashenko: “God forbid a woman is elected president in Belarus. The US president has different powers; there are nuances. The Belarusian president is also the commander-in-chief.
Besides, it’s a tough job. No need to give a woman so much work, it’s not a ceremonial position. Maybe that’s the style we will adopt eventually. But for now it’s different. I bow down to women, I do not belittle their role at all. But they have to remain near [men].”
Background:
- Alexander Lukashenko has been in power in Belarus for 30 years now.
- After large-scale fraud in the 2020 presidential election, mass protests erupted in Belarus. The protesters demanded new and fair elections, the release of political prisoners, and accountability for the beating and torture of peaceful protesters.
- Lukashenko’s regime suppressed the protests, and thousands of Belarusians were persecuted, tortured, imprisoned, or forced to emigrate.
- One of Lukashenko’s opponents, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, is the head of the United Transitional Cabinet, a Belarusian democratic government in exile, and lives abroad.
- Tsikhanouskaya’s associate, member of the Coordination Council of the Belarusian Opposition, and one of the most prominent participants in the 2020 protests in Belarus, Maria Kolesnikova, is serving a prison term in a general regime colony.
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