There are no prerequisites for mass protests in Belarus in connection with the upcoming referendum on the constitution in February, but on the day of voting it is not excluded that some people will conduct “forceful actions”. This was announced on December 22 by the head of the department of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption (GUBOPiK) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus Vyacheslav Orlovsky.
“Now the streets are calm and there are no prerequisites for mass protests in the country. At the same time, there are individual citizens who are trying to rock the situation, stir up aggression in society, register in extremist initiatives with the aim of committing some kind of forceful actions, some attacks on election day, ”he said on the air of the local television channel STV. commenting on the situation in the country ahead of the referendum on amendments to the constitution.
Earlier in the day, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announced the arrest of several people for attempting to commit terrorist attacks. He noted that “against government officials, especially against employees of the prosecutor’s office, and even judges have already been ridden”. According to the head of state, one of the suspects allegedly fled to Russia.
Prior to that, on December 6, it was reported that the Minsk police had detained five people on suspicion of attempting to commit a terrorist act. It was noted that the detainees could be involved in an attempt to set fire to one of the buildings of the Frunzenskiy district police department of Minsk in August 2021. During the inspection of the scene, fragments of a glass bottle and traces of chemicals were seized. As a result, it turned out that there was gasoline in the container.
On October 18, Lukashenko announced that during the period of the constitutional referendum, a new attempt could be made to intensify the protests. Among the methods used by Western countries, he listed information technology and psychological warfare, which creates a negative image of power among the population. According to the president, a new attempt at revolution in the republic is possible.
Protests were held in Belarus after the presidential elections on August 9, 2020, which were won by the incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko. The opposition declared the ex-presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who had left for Lithuania, as the winner of the elections. On her initiative, opposition representatives announced the creation of a coordinating council for the transit of power. Tikhanovskaya is a defendant in criminal cases, included in the list of persons involved in terrorist activities.
Source: IZ
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