MINSK, 26 January (BelTA) – After casting his ballot in the presidential election on 26 January, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko told journalists who could be the president of Belarus in the future, BelTA reports.
Earlier, the head of state had repeatedly said that power would be transferred to a new generation. “When I say 'the young generation', I don't mean my younger son or my eldest son,” Aleksandr Lukashenko noted.
The president said that 'obnoxious resources' had recently claimed that he had 'removed' his eldest son from office. As is known, Viktor Lukashenko was previously a national security aide to the head of state.
“Time had come to abolish this position and distribute [the duties] between the state secretary, the OAC and the KGB. And everything works fine now. But I was surprised to learn that I had allegedly removed my eldest son from this position. My eldest son is the most amenable of them all. And I am also said to be grooming my youngest son to take over as president. But he cannot even imagine this in his worst nightmare. Neither can my other sons,” said Aleksandr Lukashenko.
“Yet, the next five-year period is a period of young people. And time has come for us, the older generation, to hand over the country to them. Not just power. I was talking about a generation, not specific individuals. And you immediately have this question: who will it be? It will be a new generation. Naturally, there will probably be a new president. We will gradually raise a new generation. Look, hopefully the top job will be taken over by current governors, current ministers - members of the government, heads of chambers of parliament, senior officials. These are completely different people,” said the head of state.
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