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Pavel Latushka, Head of the People’s Anti-Crisis Administration (PACA) and former Belarusian minister, called on opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya to take over the presidency of Belarus as ‘the leader elected by the people’.

On Saturday, Belarusians are paying last respects to Alyaksandr Taraykouski, a 34-year-old resident of Minsk who died during the crackdown on protesters at Pushkinskaya metro station on August, 10. His death was officially confirmed by the authorities, but many people doubt the official version.

On August 2, presidential candidate Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya and her associates Veranika Tsapkala and Maryia Kalesnikava visited Brest. Belsat reporters captured the breathtaking moments:

On July 30, another rally in support of presidential candidate Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya took place in the Peoples’ Friendship Park in Minsk. According to human rights centre Viasna, 63,000 persons took part in the event, which has become a new record for the recent ten years.

As of Monday afternoon, about 460,000 citizens have registered on the online platform Golos (Vote).

Belsat summed up the results of the registration of presidential candidates live and covered spontaneous rallies.

“All has woven into a single knot”

In the run-up to the 2020 presidential vote, the number of places designated for pre-election campaigning has been cut, the initiative ‘Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections’ reports.

Mikhail Orda — Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus — will be the head of the initiative group of the incumbent president.