Posted:
03.01.2025 14:29:27
Lukashenko: popular feedback is important, not campaign promises
The popular feedback is more important than campaigning, said President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko at a meeting with his proxies on November 3rd in the Palace of Independence
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The Head of State pointed out that he had selected his proxies to be people involved in the national policies, “So that if the public criticises you, you can’t pass the responsibility to someone else, or to the President; you’ll have to be held accountable to some extent for the things they criticise us for. And the most important thing is not campaigning (what’s the point of campaigning for the President you see every day), it’s feedback. People should know you are going to relay the issues they complain about back to me.”
Even back at the signature collection stage, people passed their requests, comments and advice to the members of initiative groups. There were about 500 of these requests, according to the current Headquarter head, Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus Yuri Senko.
The Belarusian leader explained that they have already passed a preliminary review, and no significant issues have been detected. Generally, they are about housing management, landscaping, and roads. Those are all problems that are going to be the focus during the Year of Improvement.
“But we can’t be complacent like we are now. That is not an option. We are in power in Belarus, so how can we relax? If people entrust us with their mandate to keep working, we have to keep on with our efforts. You can’t ‘promise now and explain why it didn’t happen later’. We have to continue with the policies we have started. I have thought a lot about the issues we handled, and I don’t see a single one which would be second rate, third rate, or not worth our attention at all. All problems we have already faced will remain topical in the future,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
The Head of State pointed out that he had selected his proxies to be people involved in the national policies, “So that if the public criticises you, you can’t pass the responsibility to someone else, or to the President; you’ll have to be held accountable to some extent for the things they criticise us for. And the most important thing is not campaigning (what’s the point of campaigning for the President you see every day), it’s feedback. People should know you are going to relay the issues they complain about back to me.”
Even back at the signature collection stage, people passed their requests, comments and advice to the members of initiative groups. There were about 500 of these requests, according to the current Headquarter head, Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus Yuri Senko.
The Belarusian leader explained that they have already passed a preliminary review, and no significant issues have been detected. Generally, they are about housing management, landscaping, and roads. Those are all problems that are going to be the focus during the Year of Improvement.
“But we can’t be complacent like we are now. That is not an option. We are in power in Belarus, so how can we relax? If people entrust us with their mandate to keep working, we have to keep on with our efforts. You can’t ‘promise now and explain why it didn’t happen later’. We have to continue with the policies we have started. I have thought a lot about the issues we handled, and I don’t see a single one which would be second rate, third rate, or not worth our attention at all. All problems we have already faced will remain topical in the future,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
