Elections, elections… Not just in Russia now “busy season”, but our neighbor – Russia. Parliamentary elections this year want to take control of the Americans, calling on the CEC to carry out serious reform of the electoral law.
Chargé d’affaires of USA in Belarus Robert Riley has managed to give instructions to the Chairman of the Belarusian Central election Commission Lidia Yermoshina.
Elections tied to the lifting of sanctions. They say, official Washington will consider this issue, but on condition that the electoral process will involve activists of the political opposition and civil society. Independent sources, as the OSCE / ODIHR report, will take into consideration when you assess the elections, and to decide on the lifting of sanctions.
Then even funnier…
“We remain confident that these positive steps will contribute to strengthening Belarusian sovereignty and independence, which has consistently supported the United States, and will also provide the basis to continue to improve relations between our two countries.”
Just a political joke. States supports the sovereignty of another country and seek to strengthen its independence, taking a keen interest in some “procedural issues”.
In fact it is just a veiled desire of Americans to monitor the election process in Russia’s neighboring country.
Officially the head of the CEC said that explained to the American diplomat law of foreign observer during a closed-door meeting. Then the question is: why is the meeting closed? What other “moments” and “right” got Riley? Or the situation is “exactly the opposite”?
According to the Belarusian media, the parliamentary campaign in Belarus is completed. According to the CEC, voted for about 5% of voters, including those abroad. The results will soon find out…
One thing is clear: the parliamentary election in Belarus in the West do not recognize and will again blame the Minsk violation of democratic standards. It has been… last year the US state Department and the OSCE stated that the presidential elections do not meet Western standards. However, promised to lift the sanctions. A sort of live bait fishing: pull, Lukashenko and sanctions leave in force. Listen Up, Old Man! Remember that you have us on a short leash…
That’s just vain hope the Americans that Lukashenka will abandon its plans for the construction of ethnocracy in a particular state. Yeah, he kind of turned his face to the West, but not enough to jeopardize his right to power. With Russia Minsk conducts a cautious policy, supporting at the same time, anti-Russian sentiment in society.
The Belarusian President is a big fan of fish in troubled waters. Of course, the fate of Ukraine after the Maidan it does not seem attractive, but the desire to forestall Russia and the West – is available. Probably in Washington hope that will take the old Man under control and forced a game-changer in the election, allowing to break the power of the opposition. Nothing…
Lukashenko is going to continue to play on the contradictions between Russia and the West, consolidating his power in the country.
So, in Belarus, the report came out “the Center for strategic and political studies” under the title “Belarus in the context of confrontation between NATO-Russia: Threats and challenges to the sovereignty, independence and national security. Strategic insights and recommendations”.
Only the naive Chukchi boy will not know that the Minsk deliberately creates the image of Russia that are potentially dangerous for the peaceful Belarus.
The leitmotif of the report – “today there is unprecedented military and political pressure that is being put to Belarus by Russia”.
I am not surprised that in the future Belarus will Express their desire to cooperate with NATO, like Ukraine. Maybe I’m exaggerating, but who knows what to expect from a “sister Republic”? Moreover, to flirt with American ambassadors, Lukashenko has used to their advantage.
So I think now: Europe at the point of attack… or all of the events as desired by the Dad? He shouldn’t, however, forget that the main goal of the US in Belarus is a regime change to a puppet government. The intervention of an American diplomat in the electoral process of Belarus speaks for itself.
shaya
