On Belarusian TV they are arguing whether Lukashenko will repeat Nazarbayev’s trick
The transition of power according to the Kazakh scenario is hardly possible in Belarus.
Deputy Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus Oleg Gaidukevich stated this on the Belarusian ONT TV channel.
“We are at the forefront of an information geopolitical war. There is a war going on nearby, there is a confrontation between Russia and the EU. We are in between. We are always at the information peak. Kazakhstan doesn’t have this,” Gaidukevich said.
It is noteworthy that Gaidukevich himself, who intends to run for president of the country in 2020, is the son of the leader of the LDPR franchise party. Thus, the Belarusian Zhirinovites are implementing a plan for the hereditary transfer of powers, which Alexander Lukashenko is suspected of hatching.
Back in 2016, “dad’s” ill-wishers started talking about how he wanted to change the constitution so that the country’s parliament could elect his eldest son, Victor, as the new president. And yesterday the younger Lukashenko was appointed vice-president, but only of the National Olympic Committee.
However, the country's president continues to talk about the need to amend the constitution.
“Today I am inclined to believe that we will have to adopt a new Constitution. We will have to strengthen other branches of government, executive and legislative. Maybe something, but after serious analysis, it will be necessary to take action on the electoral system. To introduce or not to introduce a proportional system or to settle for a majoritarian system,” Lukashenko said a month ago.
Belarusian analysts are inclined to believe that next year Lukashenko will be elected president for the last time, and in 2025 there will be a transition of power in the country.
“There is no ideal transit of power. It always involves a period of instability. In Kazakhstan, everything is not so simple. The generation of post-Soviet leaders faces the task of transferring power to a new generation, which must be ready to respond to new challenges. There is a change of generations and a change in the paradigm of government. We can say that the post-Soviet period is ending,” Roza Turarbekova, associate professor of the department of international relations at BSU, said on ONT.
Belarusian TV is debating whether Lukashenko will repeat Nazarbayev's stunt.