MINSK, 25 March (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko addressed the presidential contenders 20205 at the inauguration ceremony at the Palace of Independence on 25 March, BelTA learned.
“Today I would like to address the candidates who were running for the post of president. Thanks to you, we have shown an example of true clean competition. There were no internal intrigues, manipulations by external forces,” the Belarusian leader said. “I also thank those who do not fit into such a political and legal format but continue to lecture us about life from abroad, working off grants from Western ‘democracies’.
The president recalled that the investigation by the new U.S. administration had uncovered blatant cases of USAID and NED financing of coups d'état and color revolutions around the world, including in Belarus in 2020.
The president recalled that the investigation by the new U.S. administration had uncovered blatant cases of USAID and NED financing of coups d'état and color revolutions around the world, including in Belarus in 2020.
“Remember the attempt at coup d'état in our country. Thanks to you, who sold your homeland for the grants, or rather in spite of you, we have become stronger. Because we cherish peace that you jeopardize. We ensure the well-being that you jeopardize by asking your masters for sanctions and bombs. You have taught us to value and defend what we have. The people see everything. You do not and will not have support. You have no future. You and your handlers have nothing to counter our unity. I will say more: half the world dreams of our ‘dictatorship’ - the dictatorship of true deeds and interests of our people,” the head of state said.