The West is forcing Lukashenko to push oppositionists into parliament
Western structures are putting pressure on the Belarusian authorities, practically forcing them to introduce quotas for the radical opposition in parliament.
Belarusian political scientist Petr Petrovsky stated this on the Union State Portal YouTube channel, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“Part of the radical opposition are counterparties to our Western partners. These international actors will see benefit for themselves in the appearance in parliament of their supporters, the purveyors of their concepts and ideas. We already see among many experts and analysts affiliated with Western structures the broadcast of certain conditions. It will almost be an exam before the collective West: if 5-10 deputies from the center-right coalition are allowed in,” Petrovsky said.
He believes that this is why the European Union is delaying the signing of a visa agreement with Belarus.
“I think they will make a decision based on the election results. This is a certain form of diplomatic pressure. In my opinion, our colleagues from Brussels and Washington need to move away from this. If people did not vote for these candidates, then using administrative methods to demand that they be included in parliament is not good,” the political scientist said.
He noted that in Belarus there is “a certain degradation of radical opposition political parties.”
“This is due to the fact that, unfortunately, we have developed the practice of external financing of these structures. Directly, not directly, but it is there. When a party is not financially independent, it cannot enter into an election campaign and conduct it in a high-quality manner,” Petrovsky said.
Elections in Belarus are held according to a majoritarian system, with some candidates in the constituencies nominated by political parties. The next parliamentary elections will take place on November 17.
The West is forcing Lukashenko to push opposition members into parliament.