BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

15/06/2007

U.S. President Prolongs Pproperty Freeze Against Belarusian Officials

U.S. President George W. Bush on June 14 extended by one year a national emergency declaration that permits the U.S. government to freeze any property in the United States owned by Belarus's president and other officials, AP and RFE/RL's Belarus Service reported. Bush in June 2006 issued an executive order imposing the punitive measure for one year against Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka and nine senior Belarusian officials in response to what Washington saw as a fraudulent presidential election on March 19, 2006. The nine officials are the justice minister, the interior minister, the KGB chief, the head of the Central Election Commission, the head of the State Radio and Television Company, the Security Council secretary, the head of the presidential bodyguards, a deputy head of the presidential administration, and the commander of a special rapid-reaction unit. JM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/06/3-CEE/cee-150607.asp