Belarus
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Lukashenko: equates Belarus’s stability with a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow him to stand for president for another term |
In September the president of Belarus, Aleksander Lukashenko, addressed his nation in the wake of the terrorist siege in Beslan. He compared the terrorist attacks in Russia with political stability in Belarus, and asked his people if they wanted to continue enjoying the stability he had brought.
If so, he said, they should vote for him in an October 17 referendum empowering him to alter the constitution and run again for president in 2006.
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