Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has won his re-election with 80% of the vote, according to authorities
Earlier, the central election commission said Lukashenko, in power for more than a quarter of a century, won 80% of the vote in Sunday’s election, while Svetlana Tikhanouskaya, who emerged from obscurity to become his main rival, took just 9.9%.
Tikhanouskaya told reporters she considered herself the election winner. She said the poll had been massively rigged. Lukashenko repeated allegations that shadowy forces abroad were trying to manipulate protesters he called “sheep” in order to topple him, something he said he’d never allow. “We condemn the violence and call for the immediate release of all detained during last night,” Josep Borrell and Oliver Varhelyi said in a joint statement.A spokesman for the German foreign ministry said there were numerous indications of electoral fraud and that the EU was discussing how to react. Neighbouring Poland said it wants a special EU summit on Belarus.
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