"Deadline for fulfilling the ultimatum is out": Tihanovskaya called on private business to support the general strike
Former candidate for the presidency of Belarus Svetlana Tikhanovskaya again made an appeal to the Belarusian citizens to support the opposition. In her address, she expressed the hope that private entrepreneurs, the media and religious communities will join the strike following state-owned enterprises.
Yesterday, October 25, the term of the ultimatum put forward by Tikhanovskaya Lukashenko expired. The leader of the Belarusian opposition demanded that the President of Belarus resign and hand over power to the opposition, stop violence in the streets and release all political prisoners. If she refused, she threatened a general strike.
According to Tikhanovskaya, on Monday workers of state enterprises and organizations across Belarus went on strike at her call, supporting the actions of the opposition.
- she said.
Meanwhile, Minsk said that state-owned enterprises of Belarus are operating normally, production has not been stopped anywhere. This is also confirmed by the press services of some large factories and public sector enterprises. Gatherings of small groups on the streets and students near universities are noted. At the same time, opposition media and the Telegram channel claim that the strike began everywhere and took on a large-scale character.
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