BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

Friday, 04 November 2005

Lukashenka Tells Voters You Will Elect Me

4 November 2005 -- Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka appeared on state TV today and told his nation they would elect him in next year's presidential election.

Lukashenka was shown visiting a town in southeastern Belarus and saying about the next presidential election: "What can you do? You'll elect me."

Lukashenka added "And I will work."

Lukashenka was first elected in 1994 and has prolonged his term in office through elections and referendums that some western governments and rights organizations said were flawed.

A vote last year gave him the right to run again in 2006.

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/11/D02C2002-1F13-4BFD-885A-1C63D2555B55.html