Lukashenka promised to remove the “fascist” white-red-white flag from Belarus
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko explained his position in relation to the white-red-white flag used by the opposition. Telegram-channel ATN_NEWS, connected with Belteleradiocompany, reports about it.
According to him, during the 1995 referendum, Belarusians decided on the state symbols.
“What questions for me? There were no portraits of Lukashenka under BCHB flags, but there were fascists – [the leader of Nazi Germany Adolf] Hitler -. And we show it. (…) We will remove this fascist symbolism from our society. We will do it beautifully, ”the president promised.
On October 30, Lukashenko announced that the opposition planned to start a war in the country. According to him, the whole history of Belarus was woven from similar events, and even harder. He recalled the Great Patriotic War, noting that then the “nationalists” took the side of “bloody fascism”, and today “they are justified that they wanted to gain independence in this way.”
The white-red-white flag (bel-chyrvona-bely stsyag, BCHB) has become a symbol of protests in Belarus. Mass actions have been going on in the country for the fourth month. Protesters speak out against the violence by security forces and the official results of the presidential election.
In 1991-1995, the white-red-white banner was the state flag of Belarus. In the 1995 referendum, the majority of residents voted to replace it with a red-green one, reminiscent of the flag of the Byelorussian SSR. Lukashenko, who took the presidential oath of office in 1994 under the white-red-white flag, believes that the banner is associated with the Nazis.
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