An oppositional candidate Kazulin is badly beaten up personally by a notorious commander of SOBR, Pavlichenko, and taken away into custody. Dozens of members of his team were arrested today. His proxies were also beaten as they escorted him to the the people’s assembly where Kazulin wanted to make a speech.
The police tried to arrest a few Kazulin’s campaigners, but they jumped into an auto and tried to drive away. A policeman fired a few shots at their car, broke a windshield and shot a back wheel. The guys left the car over the corner and escaped.
There is unofficial information that Kazulin may be taken off the presidential track for his “hooliganism” if charged. He also may spend up to 15 days in jail. And his new TV address, already recorded, is supposedly going to be censored.
At 18:00, Milinkevich is gathering his supporters at Liberty Square. CEC and police warn that this gathering would be illegal and CEC secretary suggested that Milinkevich could be jailed for 15 days, as well.
Election observers Partnership were libeled by KGB for planning a bombing during opposition manifestations after Lukashenka’s victory, to provoke the revolution. Partnerstva.org website, which had tracked the campaign, disappeared from the internet. Charter97.org was DOS-attacked today, most of Belarusian political sites work comparatively slower. Seems like RFE\RL’s site had some problems, as well.
The day of ugly truth has come for those of you who doubted. Lukashenka is not a type of person who will just step down, yield, or follow his own laws. To stay in power, he will do whatever it takes.
