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MINSK: Belarus’s exiled opposition leader on Tuesday gave strongman President Alexander Lukashenko a deadline of two weeks to resign, halt violence and release political prisoners, warning he would otherwise face a crippling general strike.
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who maintains she was the true winner of an August 9 election, issued what she said was a “people’s ultimatum”, demanding Lukashenko quit power by October 25 and halt the “state terror” unleashed by authorities against peaceful protesters.
“If our demands are not met by October 25, the whole country will peacefully take to the streets,” she said in a statement released in Lithuania, where she is currently based in exile after leaving Belarus following vote. (AFP)
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who maintains she was the true winner of an August 9 election, issued what she said was a “people’s ultimatum”, demanding Lukashenko quit power by October 25 and halt the “state terror” unleashed by authorities against peaceful protesters.
“If our demands are not met by October 25, the whole country will peacefully take to the streets,” she said in a statement released in Lithuania, where she is currently based in exile after leaving Belarus following vote. (AFP)
