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Lukashenko to The Hague!

Pavel Latushka: Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus, Representative of the Cabinet for the Transition of Power, Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management, Leader of the "Latushka Team and the Movement 'For Freedom'" faction within the 3rd convocation of the Coordination Council.

Following Lithuania, Ukraine has effectively “paid for a ticket” for Lukashenko to The Hague, this time within the framework of a different criminal process.

Today, during the meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Chișinău, a decision was approved on behalf of 37 states to establish an Enlarged Partial Agreement on the creation of a Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.

It is particularly important to emphasize that, in his statement on this occasion, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha explicitly named Lukashenko among those who fall under the jurisdiction of this tribunal.

It is important to note that this is also a result of the work carried out by me and the delegation of the Coordination Council in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). During participation in PACE sessions, resolutions were adopted that established the framework of the Special Tribunal with a jurisdiction that makes it possible to hold Lukashenko accountable.

A relevant amendment on Lukashenko’s responsibility was prepared by the team of the National Anti-Crisis Management (NAM) and submitted by me as a delegate of the Coordination Council to PACE; it states that “the Assembly emphasizes that the jurisdiction of the Special Tribunal should cover alleged crimes of aggression committed by the so-called Belarusian leadership.”

This is a direct result of the work and the important role played by the Coordination Council in the struggle against the Lukashenko regime.

At present, the team of the National Anti-Crisis Management (NAM) is collecting evidence of Lukashenko’s and his accomplices’ commission of the act of aggression against Ukraine, which will be submitted to the newly established Special Tribunal.



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