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  Belarus opposition splits as leaders form new parties
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Last EditedIndyGeorgia  Apr 08, 2021 08:16pm
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News DateApr 08, 2021 07:40pm
DescriptionWARSAW — The Belarusian opposition is splintering, with Pavel Latushko, a former diplomat and minister now in exile, announcing the formation of a new political party on Thursday.

The party doesn’t yet have a name, but it signals that the broad front created by opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya is divided after months of fruitless protests aimed at removing authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko from power.

“We are building a multi-party system in which the citizens of Belarus will have a real choice among political parties,” Latushko said in an online video message.

His move comes a week after another opposition leader, Viktor Babariko — currently in jail in Belarus — announced the formation of his own party.

The moves create an awkward position for Tikhanovskaya — the public face of the opposition who claims to have won the August presidential election. The official result gave Lukashenko 80 percent of the vote, but that outcome has been widely condemned as fraudulent.
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