Minsk, November 12 (Interfax) - Democratic principles adopted in the West, including those that regulate elections, are unacceptable for Belarus, Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko said Monday.
“We should calm down about that [Western] democracy. Look what’s
happening to demonstrations in Spain, Italy, France and Greece – no one
is standing on ceremony with them,” he said during a meeting with
students and professors of the Belarusian State Economic University.
“You [the West] are reproaching me for dictatorial ways. But every
day you pour water and tear gas on your own people. How many people have
you harmed? No one is saying anything about that,” Lukashenko said.
The West “killed millions of people in Afghanistan and leveled Iraq when it needed oil,” he said.
“Sarkozy, a great democrat, borrowed $150 million from Libya’s
Qaddafi and bombed him three years later. Special forces raped and
killed him [Qaddafi]. Is that democracy?”
The West doesn’t like the way Belarus holds elections, Lukashenko
said. “Let them travel to America and see how elections are held there”.
He cited the situation with an observer team from the Organization
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in the United States as an
example.
“In my opinion, 50 million people were unable to vote simply because
they were not on voters’ lists,” the Belarusian leader said.
“There were 23 or 25 candidates [for the U.S. presidency], but you
only heard about Obama and Romney, and the other 25 were jailed for
attempting to engage in discussion with those ‘whales'” he added.
“And they want to come to us with their own charter… and lecture us.
No, thank you, we will hold our elections ourselves,” Lukashenko said.
