Lukashenko slams EU remarks about Belarus election as 'bowing to US'
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Belarus is holding its presidential election on Sunday, and preliminary voting took place from January 21 to 25.
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Alexander Lukashenko visits the Minsk Auto Plant in Minsk, Belarus, on January 21, 2025. (AP)
Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko expressed on Sunday that the European Union's remarks about the Belarusian election are a "kowtowing to Big Brother," referring to the United States.
Lukashenko told reporters that if they truly believed in such ideals for elections, they should "say something about US elections."
The EU had released a statement describing Belarus' elections as "neither free nor fair," saying the country's citizens deserve "a real say in who governs their country."
He stated that they can say so in Minsk because it is "safe for them," adding, "How can you evaluate something that has not yet happened? Apparently, they rushed things off and will have some explaining to do."
He accused the EU of "showing their true colors," expressing gratitude to them for it, and adding, "We should take it calmly. We should ignore it."
The president recalled how the Belarusian self-exiled opposition had petitioned Washington, Brussels, and other Western capitals not to recognize the Belarusian election.
Belarus is holding its presidential election on Sunday, and preliminary voting took place from January 21 to 25.
"We are holding the election for our people, and by the end of the day, by the morning, we will know all the assessments and make the appropriate conclusions. How you, journalists, will assess it, it is up to you," he emphasized.
Meanwhile, observers from the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) did not record any violations or incidents at polling stations during their three days of work during the Belarusian presidential election, according to CEC member Pavel Andreev, who spoke with RIA Novosti on Sunday.
A group from Russia's Central Election Commission, led by Ella Pamfilova, arrived in Minsk on Thursday to oversee the presidential election. The Russian delegation went to polling booths for early voting on Friday and Saturday, as well as on Sunday, election day.
According to Andreev, "No violations or incidents that could have affected the outcome of the vote have been recorded at the polling stations visited by the observers from the Russian Central Election Commission."
