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20 Aug 2019

Lukashenko: Stability stems from domestic political situation and people’s trust in authorities

Lukashenko: Stability stems from domestic political situation and people’s trust in authorities

MINSK, 20 August (BelTA) – Stability in the country stems from the domestic political situation and people’s trust in the authorities. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the relevant statement during the government conference held on 20 August to discuss the quality of crime detection and investigation by law enforcement agencies, BelTA has learned.

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “I rarely resort to various kinds of passionate and lofty words but today I would like to say that our meeting within the framework of this conference should become historic. Historic because this hall has gathered all the people the sovereignty and independence of our country depends on. Sovereignty and independence stems from stability. And the domestic political situation in our country and people’s trust in the authorities lie at the heart of this stability. So all the people, who shape the fate of the country and – let’s drop the pretense – the fate of every citizen, are gathered in this hall. What the country will be, how our people will live, and what kind of people they will be depend on you and I.”

The head of state noted that after the conference the state of affairs in law enforcement will change radically for the better, all the shortcomings revealed in anticipation of the conference will be fixed. “We are gathered here today not in order to report to each other, not for me to speak eloquently for public consumption. We are going to face accusations based on elections and the rest. Elections are totally not the point,” the president pointed out. “We are going to say a lot of unpleasant things. At least I would like you to.”

At the same time Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that the Belarusian society does not live in vacuum and can see what is going on in eastern and western neighboring countries. “We often say: thank god, it is not happening here. Thank god, we don’t have a class of oligarchs in the country, who not only determine the outcome of some situations but rule the country. We haven’t allowed bandits and criminals to split the country and offer ‘protection’ while leeching off our people. It is the greatest accomplishment of not only recent times but the entire period of independent Belarus. It has been done thanks to the policy the government pursues and thanks to what you, representatives of law enforcement agencies, do,” the Belarusian leader noted.

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