Polish Sejm Alarmed At Belarus's Presidential Campaign
March 10, 2006
The speaker of the Sejm, Marek Jurek, welcomes the united opposition's candidate in the Belarusian presidential elections, Alyaksandr Milinkevich, in January in Warsaw (file photo) (epa)
Poland's parliament, the Sejm, adopted a resolution in which it condemns the Belarusian authorities' "brutal breaking of the [country's] laws" and expresses "deep alarm" at cases of "violence, imprisonment, harassment, and intimidation" of opposition candidates and activists.
It says it will continue to support those who "undertake the fight for a free and democratic Belarus."
Poland has long pushed for democratic change in neighboring Belarus, which has been ruled by authoritarian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka since 1994. Lukashenka is running for a third term.
(AP)