Lukashenko: people responded to challenges posed to Belarus by going to referendums and voting in elections
All transformations in Belarus were dictated by time – as stated by the President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, during today’s meeting dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Constitution
Recalling the situation in the 1990s, the Head of State once again thanks the ‘people who believed us, the romantics, supported us in referendums, and ultimately stopped the scenario prepared for us and dealing with the permanent destruction of the nation and national statehood’, "The decisions made by the people reflected the whole essence of the historical moment, which spanned a third of a century. This course of events also revealed the true essence of Belarusians’ national character: common sense, responsibly, and far-sightedness.”
From the current perspective, Aleksandr Lukashenko asked, “What were we wrong about when we accepted the best experience of constitutional construction into our lives and refracted it through the experience historically passed through by our ancestors? What did we do wrong in defending our history, values, traditions, and historical memory? After all, if we draw parallels, we will see that all our transformations were dictated by time. We always consulted with people, who responded to the challenges posed to Belarus by going to referendums and voting in elections. The nation answered with an absolute majority of votes, observing the law. Everything is more than democratic.”
The Head of State stressed that biased politicians imposed on society the form of a parliamentary republic – a scheme of systemic chaos and virtual anarchy, “However, the people made a choice in favour of a strong government. They tried to divide us along linguistic and ethnic lines, but Belarusians acted as a united nation in support of the state status of our two native languages. They wanted to cut us off from our roots, discrediting the Soviet past, but our people – realising that they were the heirs of the heroic generation of winners – returned to the symbols of a great era. They dragged Belarus into whatever alliances they could to break off friendly and close integration ties, primarily with Russia, but the people did not allow it. Where are those who broke away from the East Slavic family now? Where are these peoples?”
